vaunted

[ vawn-tid, vahn- ]

adjective

1. praised boastfully or excessively:

   the vaunted beauties of Paris.

Other Words From

• self-vaunted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunted¹

First recorded in 1625–35; vaunt + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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

From The Daily Beast

Well, this is definitely a besmirchment of the much-vaunted clean slate.

From The Daily Beast

Plucky Costa Rica upsets vaunted Uruguay, as Italy outsmarts England.

From The Daily Beast

It also takes, as Saldana herself tells me, “some big cajones” to dare even try to bring the vaunted property to the small screen.

From The Daily Beast

There also appears to be some confusion with regard to the actual contents of the vaunted agreement.

From The Daily Beast

Death, to do him justice, he had met with none of the cowardice he had vaunted, and consistently with his arid cynical soul.

From Project Gutenberg

For all his vaunted scorn of being a butcher at a price, now that he heard the price he seemed not half so scornful.

From Project Gutenberg

Finot's journal vaunted her hats, for a pecuniary consideration, and derogated those of Virginie, formerly praised.

From Project Gutenberg

When the old Ptolemaic system was exploded by Copernicus, the vaunted wisdom of men proclaimed that the Bible also was exploded.

From Project Gutenberg

Still here was opportunity for displaying that vaunted courage of the all-conquering white before one of the defeated.

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