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:
- TWIT
- TEASE
- POKEFUNAT
- JEER
- GIBE
- DERIDE
- BAIT
- JIBE
- IRK
- HECKLE
- JEST
- RAG
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
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- TWIT also appears as an answer in Blockhead crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 letters.
- TWIT also appears as an answer in Ding-dong crossword clue 3, 4 and 6 letters.
- TEASE also appears as an answer in Pester crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 letters.
- TEASE also appears as an answer in Provoke crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters.
- TEASE also appears as an answer in Irritate crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11 letters.