vaunt

[ vawnt, vahnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of:

   to vaunt one's achievements.

verb (used without object)

1. to speak boastfully; brag.

noun

1. a boastful action or utterance.

vaunt

/ vɔːnt /

verb

1. tr to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully
2. rare.
   intr to use boastful language; brag

noun

1. a boast
2. archaic.
   ostentatious display

Derived Forms

• ˈvaunter, noun

Other Words From

• vaunter noun
• vaunting·ly adverb
• outvaunt verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt¹

1350–1400; Middle English vaunten < Middle French vanter to boast < Late Latin vānitāre, frequentative of *vānāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain. See vanity

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt¹

C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain

Example Sentences

This much-vaunted turnout operation turns out not to have deserved much vaunt.

From The Daily Beast

I might have guessed that in some such cutthroat manner would your vaunt of winning me at the sword-point be accomplished.

From Project Gutenberg

Caroline should keep watch over herself; you vaunt silence as the surest method of being witty.

From Project Gutenberg

He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.

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Such men our modern universities appropriately claim the right to vaunt proudly as the products of their training.

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No person is to vaunt himself above others or find fault with the efforts of others while lauding his own.

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