Taunt crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 letters

When faced with “Taunt”, it helps to work from known examples. These answers were selected because they’ve appeared in puzzles using nearly the same clue text and structure.

Answers:

Synonyms and Definitions

TWIT

• Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunting, tease, twerp, twirp

TEASE

• Synonyms: annoyer, badger, beleaguer, bug, card, coquette, flirt, fluff, loosen, minx, pester, prickteaser, ribbing, tantalization, tease apart, teaser, teasing, twit, vamp, vamper, vexer

JEER

• Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing

GIBE

• Synonyms: agree, barb, check, correspond, dig, fit, jeer, jibe, match, shaft, shot, slam, tally

BAIT

• Synonyms: come-on, decoy, hook, lure, sweetener
• Definition: anything that acts as a lure or attraction

JIBE

• Synonyms: change course, gybe, jib

IRK

• Synonyms: gall
• Definition: Annoy or bother

HECKLE

• Synonyms: hackle, hatchel

JEST

• Synonyms: gag, jape, jocularity, joke, laugh

RAG

• Synonyms: annoy, bawl out, bedevil, berate, bother, call down, call on the carpet, chafe, chew out, chew up, chide, crucify, devil, dress down, dun, frustrate, get at, get to, gravel, have words, irritate, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, nark, nettle, rag week, ragtime, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rile, scold, sheet, shred, tabloid, tag, tag end, take to task, tatter, torment, trounce, vex