vaunt

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To speak boastfully.
2. (transitive) To speak boastfully about.
3. (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.

Noun

An instance of vaunting; a boast.

Noun

The first part.

Synonyms

boast

brag

bluster

swagger

gasconade

swash

flaunt

blow

shoot a line

talk big

gas

tout

boasting

bragging

show off

crow

praise

rodomontade

pride

puffery

rant

strut

boast about

brag about

tall talk

know only how to talk

arrogance

rhodomontade

avowal

bluff

bombast

braggadocio

brandish

bray

display

exaggerate

exalt

gob

haughtiness

kudos

ostentation

parade

pomposity

pretense

pretension

Translations

vanter

vantarsi

jactancia

ostentar

sich brüsten

φανφαρονισμός

großtun

vantardise

renommieren

prunken

aufschneiden

bramarbasieren

brüsten

κομπάζω

rühmen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɔːnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: vaunten

In summary

From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).