vaunt
vt .
vi . 自夸
n . 自吹自擂
自夸自吹自擂
vaunt n 1 :
extravagant self -
praise v 1 :
show off [
synonym : {
boast }, {
tout }, {
swash }, {
shoot a line },
{
brag }, {
gas }, {
blow }, {
bluster }, {
vaunt }, {
gasconade }]
Vaunt \
Vaunt \,
v .
t .
To boast of ;
to make a vain display of ;
to display with ostentation .
In the latter sense ,
the term usually used is {
flaunt }.
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Charity vaunteth not itself ,
is not puffed up . --
1 Cor .
xiii .
4 .
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My vanquisher ,
spoiled of his vaunted spoil . --
Milton .
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Vaunt \
Vaunt \,
n .
A vain display of what one is ,
or has ,
or has done ;
ostentation from vanity ;
a boast ;
a brag .
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The spirits beneath ,
whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts . --
Milton .
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Vaunt \
Vaunt \,
n . [
F .
avant before ,
fore .
See {
Avant },
{
Vanguard }.]
The first part . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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Vaunt \
Vaunt \,
v .
t . [
See {
Avant }, {
Advance }.]
To put forward ;
to display . [
Obs .] "
Vaunted spear ."
--
Spenser .
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And what so else his person most may vaunt . --
Spenser .
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Vaunt \
Vaunt \ (
v [
aum ]
nt or v [
add ]
nt ;
277 ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Vaunted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Vaunting }.] [
F .
vanter ,
LL .
vanitare ,
fr .
L .
vanus vain .
See {
Vain }.]
To boast ;
to make a vain display of one '
s own worth ,
attainments ,
decorations ,
or the like ;
to talk ostentatiously ;
to brag .
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Pride ,
which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is ,
does incline him to disvalue what he has . --
Gov .
of Tongue .
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vaunt ":
advertise ,
air ,
blazon ,
blazon forth ,
blow ,
bluster ,
boast ,
boastfulness ,
boasting ,
bombast ,
brag ,
braggadocio ,
braggartism ,
bragging ,
brandish ,
bravado ,
bravura ,
brilliancy ,
cock -
a -
doodle -
doo ,
conceit ,
crow ,
dangle ,
daring ,
dash ,
demonstrate ,
demonstration ,
display ,
dramatics ,
draw the longbow ,
eclat ,
emblazon ,
etalage ,
exhibit ,
exhibition ,
exhibitionism ,
false front ,
fanfaronade ,
figure ,
flair ,
flash ,
flaunt ,
flaunting ,
flourish ,
gasconade ,
gasconism ,
heroics ,
histrionics ,
hold up ,
jactation ,
jactitation ,
manifest ,
manifestation ,
mouth ,
pageant ,
pageantry ,
parade ,
prate ,
puff ,
put forth ,
put forward ,
rodomontade ,
sham ,
show ,
show off ,
showing -
off ,
side ,
speak for Buncombe ,
spectacle ,
splash ,
splurge ,
sport ,
staginess ,
swagger ,
theatrics ,
trumpet ,
trumpet forth ,
vanity ,
vapor ,
vauntery ,
vaunting ,
wave
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Vaunt - definition of vaunt by The Free Dictionary To speak or write about in a strongly positive way; praise or boast about
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