vaunting

[vawn-ting, vahn-]

adjective

1. having a boastfully proud disposition.

   a vaunting dictator.

2. marked by boastful pride.

   a vaunting air of superiority.

Other Word Forms

• self-vaunting adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunting¹

First recorded in 1580–90; vaunt + -ing ²

Example Sentences

In this fraught political landscape, Humphrey showed he had guts, a way with words and vaunting ambition.

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The Long Island Republican who won a key election by vaunting his biography as the deep-pocketed biracial grandson of Holocaust survivors might not be the grandson of Holocaust survivors … or biracial … or deep-pocketed.

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Was it perhaps because of the energy devoted — admirably — to vaunting its low eco footprint?

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A far cry from the usual vaunting of athletes as something much more than that.

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After Britain’s death toll shot higher in January, after new variants slammed European countries from the Czech Republic to Portugal, France continued vaunting its “third way.”

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Related Words

• arrogant 
• bombastic 
• cocky 
• exultant 
• pompous 
• pretentious