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as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time

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noun

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How is the word crow distinct from other similar verbs?

Some common synonyms of crow are boast, brag, and vaunt. While all these words mean "to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments," crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging.

crowed after winning the championship

When is boast a more appropriate choice than crow?

While the synonyms boast and crow are close in meaning, boast often suggests ostentation and exaggeration, but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.

boasts of every trivial success
the town boasts one of the best museums in the area

When is it sensible to use brag instead of crow?

The meanings of brag and crow largely overlap; however, brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself.

bragging of their exploits

How does the word vaunt relate to other synonyms for crow?

Vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag.

vaunted his country's military might

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crow
Verb
Neighborhoods like Union Hill, Longfellow, Beacon Hill and the West Side are less than 1 mile away as the crow flies from the venue, and parking is usually free. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025 Video of the robbery circulating online shows the masked people carrying what appears to be pick axes, crow bars and tire irons. Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
Her rooster crowed in rhyming couplets and used some naughty words to describe the master’s digestive system. Perin Gürel, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025 The foreign ministry spokeswoman in Moscow is crowing about that – that he's no longer isolated. NBC news, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crow
Verb
  • Gen Alpha’s latest viral catchphrase is baffling adults and delighting kids across the country.
    Kimberly Richardson, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Even the box will delight your dog.
    Christine Persaud, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • California has slipped a notch in the bragging-rights totem pole to the world’s fifth-largest economy in the latest update on global business output.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Bo Nix looks like the guy Sean Payton bragged about this offseason to every national reporter that came through Denver.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The majority of the action, however, unfolds in a claustrophobic one-shot inside a tent, with our heroes quaking at the whoops and cries surrounding them.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Conduit congregants welcomed Baker’s video with whoops, shouts and tears, signaling a shared grief.
    Liam Adams, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The floor-length gown boasted a deep neckline and short sleeves, along with a waist-cinching bodice that cascaded into a mermaid skirt.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • David Tisch’s BoxGroup, which boasts 16 years of operation and just closed $550 million in new funding, can claim a spot among those ranks.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bush are flops that remain well worth a chuckle.
    Will Leitch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • LaKeith Stanfield is an easy standout as Parker’s best friend Grofield, a passionate actor who moonlights as a criminal to fund his dead-end theater company — some of the movie’s heartiest chuckles come from the joy Grofield takes in getting to ham things up as part of the heist.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both teams boast a 2-1 record in conference play this campaign and reunite almost exactly one year after the Huskies triumphed 27-17 in their most recent matchup.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Gauff triumphed 6-4, 7-5 for her second title of 2025, and her first WTA 1000 title of the year.
    James Hansen, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • But as retail investors push the market higher, and bulls cheer liquidity support and policy tailwinds, some experts are raising questions if the market is entering bubble territory.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If Simmons’ Demon was Kiss’ scowl, then Frehley’s Spaceman was its cackle.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The ending is easy to anticipate and no less fiendishly pleasing for it; seeing the karmic scales balanced this well deserves a hearty Cryptkeeper cackle.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crow. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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