louting

as intaunt
as inderide

Synonyms for louting

verb provoke, reproach; tease

Antonyms for louting

Word Origin & History

1540s, "awkward fellow, clown, bumpkin," perhaps from a dialectal survival of Middle English louten (v.) "bow down" (c.1300), from Old English lutan "bow low," from Proto-Germanic *lut- "to bow, bend, stoop" (cf. Old Norse lutr "stooping," which might also be the source of the modern English word), from PIE *leud- "to lurk" (cf. Gothic luton "to deceive," Old English lot "deceit), also "to be small" (see little). Non-Germanic cognates probably include Lithuanian liudeti "to mourn;" Old Church Slavonic luditi "to deceive," ludu "foolish." Sense of "cad" is first attested 1857 in British schoolboy slang.

Example Sentences for louting

And now, turning to Yolande, he bared his head, louting full low.

Further, his head was louting low on his neck, so that the visitor got no view sufficient for recognition.

At the unearthly sound, the cattle also commenced a louting that might easily have been heard at two or three miles off.