| 单词 | vaunt |
| 释义 | vaunt (once / 2437 pages) vn To vaunt is to brag and boast and flaunt and go on and on about how great something is. It's over-the-top showing off, and when you taunt and exaggerate your greatness, you vaunt to the point of no longer seeming so great. From the Latin vānitāre — which comes from vānus, meaning "vain" or "empty" — vaunt is a verb for taking praise too far or talking something up too much. Even if it's earned or deserved bragging, vaunting about something gets old and loses it impact. Other times, vaunt, as a noun, is a sure sign that a hard sell is going on — someone is talking big but can't deliver. WORD FAMILYvaunt: vaunted, vaunter, vaunting, vaunts+/vaunter: vaunters USAGE EXAMPLESThe Husky defense was just as tough and stingy as the more vaunted Alabama defense. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The vaunted white working class might not like losing its Obamacare, much less Social Security and Medicare. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Yet, here is this vaunted genius opining in the august pages of the nation’s most revered newspaper. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v show off Syn|Hypo|Hyper blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout puff speak in a blustering or scornful manner crow, gloat, triumphdwell on with satisfaction congratulate, preenpride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 2n extravagant self-praise Hyper boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise speaking of yourself in superlatives |
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