taunt
to make fun of, to mock
TRANSLATION
to taunt = schmähen; spotten; sticheln; verhöhnen; verspotten; höhnisch vorwerfen The taunt of being a coward hurt him deeply = Dass man ihn als Feigling verspottete, traf ihn tief. NOUN taunt = höhnische Bemerkung; der Hohn; die Schmähung; die Spöttelei; die Stichelei LEO
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One day in 1911, an Italian house painter named Vincenzo Peruggia, angered by constant French TAUNTS (he was often called a "macaroni eater") got his revenge by stealing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (on a Sunday, when the Louvre was relatively unguarded) and hiding out in a hotel for more than a year.
Peruggia was let off with a light sentence on 'patriotic' grounds by an Italian court. The hotel was renamed the Giaconda.
And the damage to the Louvre's business? Incredibly, more people visited the museum during this interval - to see the blank space on the wall where the Mona Lisa had once hung - than had visited over the previous twelve years to see the painting itself.
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da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519) Italian painter, inventor, musician, and scientist noted for his many inventions and scientific observations (described in his notebooks); and for such paintings as The Last Supper (c. 1495) and the Mona Lisa (c. 1503)
Peruggia was let off with a light sentence on 'patriotic' grounds by an Italian court. The hotel was renamed the Giaconda.
And the damage to the Louvre's business? Incredibly, more people visited the museum during this interval - to see the blank space on the wall where the Mona Lisa had once hung - than had visited over the previous twelve years to see the painting itself.
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da Vinci, Leonardo (1452-1519) Italian painter, inventor, musician, and scientist noted for his many inventions and scientific observations (described in his notebooks); and for such paintings as The Last Supper (c. 1495) and the Mona Lisa (c. 1503)
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know?
taunt
verb
1. To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner.
2. To drive or incite (a person) by taunting.
noun
A scornful remark or tirade; a jeer.
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Synonyms:
ridicule, mock, taunt, deride
These verbs refer to making another the butt of amusement or mirth.
- RIDICULE implies purposeful disparagement: “My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances” (Benjamin Franklin).
- To MOCK is to poke fun at someone, often by mimicking and caricaturing speech or actions: “Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit” (Shakespeare).
- TAUNT suggests mocking, insulting, or scornful reproach: “taunting him with want of courage to leap into the great pit” (Daniel Defoe).
- DERIDE implies scorn and contempt: “Was all the world in a conspiracy to deride his failure?” (Edith Wharton).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"At school my friends taunted me because I was hopeless at sports"
verb
1. To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner.
2. To drive or incite (a person) by taunting.
noun
A scornful remark or tirade; a jeer.
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Synonyms:
ridicule, mock, taunt, deride
These verbs refer to making another the butt of amusement or mirth.
- RIDICULE implies purposeful disparagement: “My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances” (Benjamin Franklin).
- To MOCK is to poke fun at someone, often by mimicking and caricaturing speech or actions: “Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort, As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit” (Shakespeare).
- TAUNT suggests mocking, insulting, or scornful reproach: “taunting him with want of courage to leap into the great pit” (Daniel Defoe).
- DERIDE implies scorn and contempt: “Was all the world in a conspiracy to deride his failure?” (Edith Wharton).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"At school my friends taunted me because I was hopeless at sports"
