vaunt
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vaunt¹
- /vɔːnt/ UK
- /voːnt/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /vɔnt/ US
- /vɑnt/ US, cot caught merger
- /ʋɔɳʈ/ South Asia
- /ʋɑɳʈ/ South Asia
Sounds like want · Rhymes with -ɔːnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
verb vaunts · vaunting · vaunted
- To speak boastfully. "The number," said he, "is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of war thunders at the gates they hide themselves in terror."
- To speak boastfully about.
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To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Near-synonym: flaunt
Similar: flaunt
noun vaunts
- An instance of vaunting; a boast. the spirits beneath, whom I seduced / with other promises and other vaunts
vaunt²
- /vɔːnt/ UK
- /voːnt/ Australia, British, New Zealand
- /vɔnt/ US
- /vɑnt/ US, cot caught merger
- /ʋɔɳʈ/ South Asia
- /ʋɑɳʈ/ South Asia
Sounds like want · Rhymes with -ɔːnt
Where it comes from
From French avant (“before, fore”). See avant, vanguard.
noun vaunts
- The first part. the vaunt and firstlings of those broils
Translations
Every language
noun instance of vaunting
| Français | vantardise |
|---|---|
| Română | laudă, lăudăroșenie |
| Русский | хвастовство́ xvastovstvó |
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