taunters
Those who jeer
Taunters are people who mock or provoke others with insulting remarks or gestures.
The word appears in contexts where someone is being ridiculed: The taunters in the crowd jeered at the losing team.
A taunter aims to upset or goad their target, often from a position of perceived superiority or safety.
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- jeeringVocal public mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- derisionContemptuous mockery
sarcasm · parody · satire · caricature · lampoon · irony · jibes · quips
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- belittlingExpressing contempt or dismissiveness
persecution · cruelty · insults · hazing · baiting · badgering · heckling · browbeating
Inciting through persistent pressure
- needlingPersistent mild taunting
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- hasslingPersistent irritating pressure
antagonizing · egging on · winding up · riling · inciting · agitating · baiting · prodding
Expressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- fearmongeringDeliberately spreading exaggerated threats
- terrorizingInstilling extreme fear
overbearing · looming · snarling · glowering · posturing · chest-puffing · power plays · domineering
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
derision · sarcasm · parody · satire · caricature · lampoon · irony · jibes · quips · mimicry
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- humiliationLoss of dignity
belittling · persecution · cruelty · insults · hazing · baiting · badgering · heckling · browbeating · name-calling
goading
Inciting through persistent pressure
hassling · antagonizing · egging on · winding up · riling · inciting · agitating · baiting · prodding · poking
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- fearmongeringDeliberately spreading exaggerated threats
terrorizing · overbearing · looming · snarling · glowering · posturing · chest-puffing · power plays · domineering
- tormentorstormentor, tormenter, torturer, torturers, persecutor
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- scornersscoffers, mockers, deriders, sneerers, jeerers
- thugsthugs, goons, heavies, toughs, brutes
tauntersencouragers
Those who give support
supporters · cheerleaders · comforters · praisers · flatterers
tauntersuplifters
Those who elevate mood
nurturers · empathizers · healers · protectors · sympathizers
tauntersdefenders
Those who shield others
protectors · allies · befrienders · peacemakers · mediators