Definitions for vaunt
vɔnt, vɑntvaunt

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vauntverb

   extravagant self-praise

2. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

   show off

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vauntnoun

   A boast; an instance of vaunting.

2. vauntverb

   To speak boastfully.

3. Etymology: vaunter, variant of vanter, from vanus.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vaunt

   Boasting or bragging is speaking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities. Boasting occurs when someone feels a sense of satisfaction or when someone feels that whatever occurred proves their superiority and is recounting accomplishments so that others will feel admiration or envy.Individuals construct an image of themselves, a personal identity, and present themselves in a manner that is consistent with that image. Theodore Millon theorized that in self-presentation, individuals seek to balance boasting against discrediting themselves with excessive self-promotion or being caught blatantly misrepresenting themselves. Studies show that people often have a limited ability to perceive how their efforts at self-presentation are actually impacting their acceptance and likeability by others.

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1. vaunt

   Vaunt is a verb that means to boast about or praise something excessively, especially in a way to show off or enhance one's own reputation. As a noun, it can refer to the act of boasting or a statement expressing excessive pride.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vauntverb

   to boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag

2. Vauntverb

   to boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation

3. Vauntnoun

   a vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag

4. Vauntnoun

   the first part

5. Vauntverb

   to put forward; to display

6. Etymology: [See Avant, Advance.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Vaunt

   vawnt′, or vänt, v.i. to make a vain display: to boast.—v.t. to make a vain display of: to boast of.—n. vain display: boast.—ns. Vaun′ter; Vaun′tery, vaunting.—adj. Vaunt′ful.—n. Vaun′ting.—adv. Vaun′tingly. [O. Fr. vanter—Low L. vanitāre—L. vanitas, vanity—vanus, vain.]

2. Vaunt

   vänt, n. (Shak.) the first part. [Van.]

Anagrams for vaunt »

1. Tuvan

How to pronounce vaunt?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vaunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vaunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of vaunt in a Sentence

1. Boileau:

   It is intolerable that a silly fool, with nothing but empty birth to boast of, should in his insolence array himself in the merits of others, and vaunt an honour which does not belong to him.

2. John Greenleaf Whittier:

   Of all that Orient lands can vaunt, of marvels with our own competing, the strangest is the Haschish plant, and what will follow on its eating.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=vaunt
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vaunt
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaunt
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaunt
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=vaunt