vaunt

vaunt

V0039500 (vônt, vŏnt)v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts v.tr. To speak or write about (something) in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about.v.intr. To speak boastfully; brag. See Synonyms at boast¹.n.1. A boastful remark.2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.

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[Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

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vaunt′er n.vaunt′ing·ly adv.

vaunt

(vɔːnt) vb1. (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully2. (intr) rare or literary to use boastful language; bragn3. a boast4. archaic ostentatious display[C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain] ˈvaunter n

vaunt

(vɔnt, vɑnt)

v.t. 1. to boast of: to vaunt one's achievements. v.i. 2. to speak boastfully; brag. n. 3. a boastful action or utterance. [1350–1400; Middle English vaunten < Middle French vanter to boast < Late Latin vānitāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain] vaunt′er, n. vaunt′ing•ly, adv.

vaunt

Past participle: vaunted
Gerund: vaunting

Imperative
vaunt
vaunt

Present
I vaunt
you vaunt
he/she/it vaunts
we vaunt
you vaunt
they vaunt

Preterite
I vaunted
you vaunted
he/she/it vaunted
we vaunted
you vaunted
they vaunted

Present Continuous
I am vaunting
you are vaunting
he/she/it is vaunting
we are vaunting
you are vaunting
they are vaunting

Present Perfect
I have vaunted
you have vaunted
he/she/it has vaunted
we have vaunted
you have vaunted
they have vaunted

Past Continuous
I was vaunting
you were vaunting
he/she/it was vaunting
we were vaunting
you were vaunting
they were vaunting

Past Perfect
I had vaunted
you had vaunted
he/she/it had vaunted
we had vaunted
you had vaunted
they had vaunted

Future
I will vaunt
you will vaunt
he/she/it will vaunt
we will vaunt
you will vaunt
they will vaunt

Future Perfect
I will have vaunted
you will have vaunted
he/she/it will have vaunted
we will have vaunted
you will have vaunted
they will have vaunted

Future Continuous
I will be vaunting
you will be vaunting
he/she/it will be vaunting
we will be vaunting
you will be vaunting
they will be vaunting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been vaunting
you have been vaunting
he/she/it has been vaunting
we have been vaunting
you have been vaunting
they have been vaunting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been vaunting
you will have been vaunting
he/she/it will have been vaunting
we will have been vaunting
you will have been vaunting
they will have been vaunting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been vaunting
you had been vaunting
he/she/it had been vaunting
we had been vaunting
you had been vaunting
they had been vaunting

Conditional
I would vaunt
you would vaunt
he/she/it would vaunt
we would vaunt
you would vaunt
they would vaunt

Past Conditional
I would have vaunted
you would have vaunted
he/she/it would have vaunted
we would have vaunted
you would have vaunted
they would have vaunted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vaunt - extravagant self-praise boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives
Verb	1.	vaunt - show off boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blowpuff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction

vaunt

verbTo talk with excessive pride:boast, brag, crow, gasconade, rodomontade.Informal: blow.nounAn act of boasting:boast, brag, braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade.Informal: blow.

Translations

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