Word: taunted
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: taun
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of taunt; harass with persistent criticism or carping
Morphemes:
Affix: taunt
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: tempter
Language: fro
Decoded: tempter
Meaning: to try
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.