vaunt
vaunt · vaunts · vaunted · vaunting
To speak boastfullyTo speak boastfully.
/vɔːnt/
» For all the city's vaunted progressivism, it has some of the highest private school enrollment numbers in the country.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To speak boastfully.
(transitive)To speak boastfully about.
(transitive)To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Near-synonym: flaunt
More definitions
- show off
Examples
2 sentencesFor all the city's vaunted progressivism, it has some of the highest private school enrollment numbers in the country.
The weather was favorable, and the view, in Richter's opinion, far surpassed the much-vaunted panorama from the Krimmler Tauern.
Origin
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, fromFrom Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
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Forms
vaunts, vaunting, vaunted, vauntedSynonyms
10 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle