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Dictionary: vaunt   (vônt, vŏnt) pronunciation
 

v., vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts.

v.tr.

To speak boastfully of; brag about.

v.intr.

To speak boastfully; brag. See synonyms at boast1.

n.
  1. A boastful remark.
  2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.

[Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty.]

vaunter vaunt'er n.
vauntingly vaunt'ing·ly adv.
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verb

    To talk with excessive pride: boast, brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade. Informal blow1. See praise/blame.

noun

    An act of boasting: boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade. Informal blow1. See praise/blame.

 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To boast or brag.

pronunciation The team wanted to vaunt about their win but their cheating was found out.

 
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: extravagant self-praise


The verb vaunt has one meaning:

Meaning #1: show off
  Synonyms: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, gasconade


 
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - prale, hovere
v. intr. - prale, hovere
n. - pral, hoveren

Nederlands (Dutch)
opschepperij, opscheppen

Français (French)
v. tr. - vanter
v. intr. - vanter
n. - vantardise

Deutsch (German)
v. - preisen, sich brüsten mit
n. - Prahlerei, Loblied

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κομπάζω, εκθειάζω, επιδεικνύω, μοστράρω
n. - κομπορρημοσύνη, καυχησιά

Italiano (Italian)
vanto, vanteria, vantare, gloriare, vantarsi, gloriarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - gabar-se
n. - fanfarrice (f)

Русский (Russian)
хвастаться, хвастовство, превозносить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - alabar, jactarse de, alardear de , vanagloriarse de
v. intr. - jactarse, vanagloriarse, alabarse
n. - jactancia, alarde

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skryta (med)
n. - skryt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
吹嘘, 自夸, 自吹自擂

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 吹噓, 自誇
v. intr. - 吹噓, 自誇
n. - 自吹自擂

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 자랑하다, 허풍 떨다
v. intr. - ~의 장점을 추켜 올리다, 뽐내다
n. - 자랑 , 허풍 , 호언 장담

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 自慢する
n. - 自慢

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تبجح, تعاظم, تفاخر (الاسم) تبجح, تعاظم, تفاخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮התפאר‬
v. intr. - ‮התפאר‬
n. - ‮התפארות‬


 
 

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