VAUNT meaning: Boast about or praise excessively

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vaunt)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To speak boastfully.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To speak boastfully about.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
▸ noun:  An instance of vaunting; a boast.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The first part.

Similar:

boast, brag, gasconade, bluster, tout, blow, swash, gas, shoot a line, flourish, more...

Opposite:

humble, modest, downplay

Types:

boast, boastful, brag, bragging, braggadocio, braggart, bragging rights, brag about, more...

Phrases:

vaunt courier, vaunt couriers, more...

Adjectives:

empty, idle, proud, poor, magnificent, loud, good, vain, mere, much, fierce

Colors:

gold, silver, bronze, crimson, royal blue, more...