vaunt (redirected from vaunts)

vaunt  (vônt, vnt)

v. vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts

v.tr.

To speak boastfully of; brag 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 vnitre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vnre, from vnus, empty; see eu- in Indo-European roots.]

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vaunter n.

vaunting·ly adv.

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vaunt [vɔːnt]

vb

1. (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc.) boastfully

2. (intr) Rare or literary to use boastful language; brag

n

1. a boast

2. Archaic ostentatious display

[from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus vain]

vaunter  n

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, blow puff - 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

Translations

vaunt [vɔːnt]

A. VT (= boast of) → jactarse de, hacer alarde de; (= display) → lucir, ostentar

B. VI → jactarse

vaunt

vt → rühmen, preisen (geh); much-vaunted → viel gepriesen; Cologne vaunts a splendid cathedral → Köln kann sich eines herrlichen Doms rühmen

n → Loblied nt, → Lobgesang m