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vaunt::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout |
| Type of | hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, magnify, overstate, amplify, exaggerate |
| Has types | triumph, crow, gloat, puff |
| Derivation | vaunter |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | jactitation, self-praise, boasting, boast |
Examples of vaunt
vaunt
Nor did he care about any of the trappings of the game, or vaunt his glories.
From the economist.com
I wish that people who vaunt their economic knowledge had as much as they imagine they have.
From the economist.com
In point of boring historical fact, the mention of Persepolis in his hero's vaunt is a serious anachronism.
From the online.wsj.com
Usually fans reflexively vaunt the hometown telecast crew.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Hamas and its prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, will vaunt its now proven ability to strike at Tel Aviv.
From the economist.com
Their representatives vaunt independence of mind as a virtue.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
Though many vaunt the success of the commercial relationship, the reality of trade between India and the UK is less impressive.
From the guardian.co.uk
Old stubborn Trekkies vaunt their deep reservoir of pretendo, make believe, non-scientific space soap opera knowledge like it's a college degree.
From the hecklerspray.com
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.
From the economist.com
- Boast: show off
- Extravagant self-praise
- Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright.
- A boast; an instance of vaunting; To speak boastfully
- (vaunted) Highly or widely praised or boasted about
