1
as in delighted
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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2
as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing
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Recent Examples of crowed
Trump crowed about the ruling in a post on Truth Social.
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Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowed
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The interaction delighted Kate's followers, who commented on his presence and received a wave from off-camera.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Guillermo Del Toro’s appearance alongside actor Shin Yeeun particularly delighted audiences and generated significant social media attention.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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The device sounded terrifying – an apparently new, nuclear capable IRBM, fired with multiple conventional warheads, that the Kremlin boasted could rip through European defenses.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Portuguese won seven major trophies (three Premier Leagues, an FA Cup and three League Cups) during two spells at Stamford Bridge (2004-7, 2013-15) and boasted extraordinary statistics like not losing any of his first 77 home Premier League games (a run finally ended by Sunderland in 2014).—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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However, a jailhouse informant told a DA investigator in a recorded interview that Neary bragged in jail about stabbing Miner.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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During one meeting, Kazakevich reportedly bragged about his ability to make or acquire bullets for nearly every occasion.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The duo exulted in success and strove to support a young family in a fickle industry.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Oct. 2025
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Where Godard and his collaborators exulted in their freedom, Linklater was intent on painstaking accuracy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Crowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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