Thesaurus: vaunt

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1. v. i. To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
2. v. t. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
3. n. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
4. n. The first part.
5. v. t. To put forward; to display.
6. n. extravagant self-praise
7. v. show off
8. To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. Milton. A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag. The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises and other vaunts. Milton. The first part. [Obs.] Shak. To put forward; to display. [Obs.] "Vaunted spear." Spenser. And what so else his person most may vaunt. Spenser.
9. To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; tobrag.Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, doesincline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue.
10. v:100 n. extravagant self-praise