as in to boast
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
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as in swagger
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Recent Examples of vaunt
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
And having a candle in your house symbolizes that vaunted L.A. optimism.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
And that’s as vaunted a quality as any bottom-six player could have for Berube.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
This series reflects not only Muñoz’s personal experience working with his brother on their own vintage Toyota trucks, but also a particular style vaunted by working-class Latinos in Southern California.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Putin has vaunted the potential of its critical minerals for a deal between Moscow and Washington as its push for Ukraine's resources founders, following the White House spat between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
And having a candle in your house symbolizes that vaunted L.A. optimism.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
And that’s as vaunted a quality as any bottom-six player could have for Berube.
—Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
This series reflects not only Muñoz’s personal experience working with his brother on their own vintage Toyota trucks, but also a particular style vaunted by working-class Latinos in Southern California.
—Stacie Stukin, ARTnews.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaunt
Verb
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With sensitive skin types in mind, the creamy, fragrance-free formula boasts a simple ingredient list, using glycerin and niacinamide to strengthen the skin’s moisture barrier and nonstripping micelles— molecules in micellar water—to tenderly wash away dirt and oil.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Few can boast career longevity like the cast of Downton Abbey.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kilts and sculpted skirts moving with swagger, proving gender was never the point—attitude was.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Bezos peacock swagger is letter-perfect Travolta.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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So, documenting one of his first shows in New York feels less about bragging to your friends online, or even generating a watchable clip, and more about capturing history.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bronstein says the lines between reality and what appears to be reality are blurred as bragging spills over to personal lives and work, projecting, exaggerating and competing for attention.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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The original 1877 building has grown not just to house the museum’s burgeoning collections and encompass its expanding role as an educator, entertainer and research institution, but to project an evolving sense of science’s self-conceit.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
4 May 2023
Noun
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We’d sometimes get threatened, and that only inflated our self-importance.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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Late-night show hosts now have an attitude of self-importance, congratulating themselves for their work.—
Andrea Ruth,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.—
Joshua Cohen,
The New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2024
Noun
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All of the jawing between the two teams resulted in Jimmy and Jey challenging Reed and Breakker to a tag team match for Wrestlepalooza.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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Broncos Keidron Smith and Levelle Bailey were in the mix, and Nik Bonitto joined the jawing despite not being in pads.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Vaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vaunt. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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