vaunting
Americanadjective
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having a boastfully proud disposition.
a vaunting dictator.
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marked by boastful pride.
a vaunting air of superiority.
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Vaunting oneself in "the trades"* is second nature throughout Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vaunting my jewels hasting to the west, Or rising early from the grey-ey'd morn, What do I vaunt but your large bountyhood, And show how liberal a lord I serve?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Here only I expect And with much dread some dire event forebode, Where Hector, terrible as fire, and loud Vaunting his glorious origin from Jove, Leads on the Trojans.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
If a hope—ambition-nurtured— Gilds our future, ere we’ve won it, Vaunting Time—the hoary jailor— Shuts his somber gates upon it!
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
So spake th' Apostate Angel, though in pain, Vaunting aloud, but rackt with deep despare: And him thus answer'd soon his bold Compeer.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
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