vaunt

[ vawnt, vahnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to speak vaingloriously of; boast of:

   to vaunt one's achievements.

verb (used without object)

1. to speak boastfully; brag.

noun

1. a boastful action or utterance.

vaunt

/ vɔːnt /

verb

1. tr to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully
2. rare.
   intr to use boastful language; brag

noun

1. a boast
2. archaic.
   ostentatious display

Derived Forms

• ˈvaunter, noun

Other Words From

• vaunter noun
• vaunting·ly adverb
• outvaunt verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt¹

1350–1400; Middle English vaunten < Middle French vanter to boast < Late Latin vānitāre, frequentative of *vānāre, derivative of Latin vānus vain. See vanity

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaunt¹

C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain

Example Sentences

Agalegans say they are barred from a new Indian-built hospital, even though a Mauritius government press release vaunted its operating theatres, X-ray machines and dentistry equipment.

From BBC

“Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective” will offer a crash course in a critically vaunted musician who has a passionate cult following — including many Hollywood stars — but who has always been a little hard to pin down.

From Los Angeles Times

“At some point, reality needs to set in. Instead, we have the vaunted so-called Federalist Society and originalist judges acting as a Praetorian Guard for this post-constitutional structure.”

From Salon

Their stories shouldn’t be overlooked or flattened but vaunted and appreciated for just how revolutionary they are.

From Los Angeles Times

It involved a Hezbollah drone that managed to evade Israel’s vaunted air-defense system and plow into a mess hall at the base.

From Los Angeles Times