vaunt in English

noun

1

a boast.

verb

1

boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.

the much vaunted information superhighway

synonyms: boast about, brag about, make much of, crow about, parade, flaunt, acclaim, trumpet, praise, extol, celebrate, show off about, hype, laud

verb

• boast about, brag about, make much of, crow about, parade, flaunt, acclaim, trumpet, praise, extol, celebrate, show off about, hype, laud
• bluster, brag, tout, gas, gasconade, blow, swash, boast, shoot a line

Use "vaunt" in a sentence

1. 11 Vaunt of one's success .

2. "A vaunt sir !" and oil he Avaunted

3. 19 They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.

4. Synonyms for Blow hard include crow, boast, brag, swagger, bluster, gloat, vaunt, swank, trumpet and gasconade

5. 14 This was not a mere empty vaunt , but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments.

6. Hee that of himself doth bragge, boast, and vaunt, / Hath ill neighbours about him to set him Aflaunt.

7. 54 synonyms for Boast: brag, crow, vaunt, bluster, talk big, blow your own trumpet, show off, be proud of, flaunt, showboat, congratulate yourself on

8. Bragging of their exploits vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag

9. 13 No matter how people vaunt an own great activity, they are usually just the outcomes of opportunity, rather than a great intention of result.

10. 12 The problem is that to vaunt modernisation, which implies that technological successes will make Russia a great world power again, is to set the wrong priority.

11. SYNONYMY NOTE: Boast 1, the basic term in this list, merely suggests pride or satisfaction, as in one's deeds or abilities [you may well Boast of your efficiency]; brag suggests greater ostentation and overstatement [he bragged of what he would do in the race]; vaunt, a formal, literary term, implies greater suavity but more vainglory than either of the preceding [vaunt not in your triumph

12. 18 For the rest I do not intend to spend more words on this subject in order not to vaunt my own mediocrity above my teacher and master or above the fathers.

13. 17 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

14. Brag: 1 v show off Synonyms: blow , bluster , boast , gas , gasconade , shoot a line , swash , tout , vaunt Types: puff speak in a blustering or scornful manner crow , gloat , triumph dwell on with satisfaction congratulate , preen pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement Type of: amplify , exaggerate , hyperbolise , hyperbolize ,