vapor

vapor

verb

Definition of VAPOR

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess <a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth>

Synonyms blow, brag, bull [slang], crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor, vaunt

Related Words bluster, harangue, puff; pride; gush; exult, glory, rejoice; brandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show off; magnify, maximize

Near Antonyms belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh (also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervalue; bemoan, lament, mourn, regret