Synonyms of the word

taunting

• v. present participle of taunt.
• n. The act of one who taunts.

aggravation

• n. The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity…
• n. Exaggerated representation.
• n. An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

derisive

• adj. Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.
• adj. Deserving or provoking derision or ridicule.
• n. (rare) A derisive remark.

disrespectful

• adj. lacking respect.

gibelike

• adj. Like a gibe.

irritation

• n. The act of irritating or annoying.
• n. The state of being irritated.
• n. The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition…
• n. A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which…

jeering

• v. present participle of jeer.
• n. A mocking utterance.

mocking

• v. present participle of mock.
• n. action of the verb to mock.
• adj. derisive or contemptuous.
• adj. teasing or taunting.

provocation

• n. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
• n. Something that provokes; a provocative act.
• n. (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms…

taunt

• v. to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
• n. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
• adj. (nautical) Very high or tall.

twit

• v. (transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
• v. (transitive, computing) To ignore or killfile (a user on a bulletin board system).
• n. A reproach, gibe or taunt.
• n. A foolish or annoying person.