/ English Dictionary

VAUNT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extravagant self-praise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("vaunt" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Derivation:

vaunt (show off)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show off

Synonyms:

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vaunt" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vaunt"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Derivation:

vaunt (extravagant self-praise)

vaunter (a very boastful and talkative person)

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