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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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
Nuuk, the territory’s capital city, is emblematic of those towns, featuring brightly colored houses crowed together between a jagged coastline and inland mountains.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
While some in Kansas have crowed about poaching the team from Missouri, other residents are more critical of the deal’s generous terms for Chiefs ownership.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Google President Sean Downey also crowed about YouTube being the number one streamer for the last two years, per Nielsen.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
And, oh yeah, he was just crowed PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive 2025.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Extremely sexy soccer star (and recently crowed Sexiest Soccer Club Owner) David Beckham, a winner in 2015, suggested future SMA winners stay grounded.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Roberts crowed from the stage at midfield at Dodger Stadium last week.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump crowed about the ruling in a post on Truth Social.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
While some in Kansas have crowed about poaching the team from Missouri, other residents are more critical of the deal’s generous terms for Chiefs ownership.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
Google President Sean Downey also crowed about YouTube being the number one streamer for the last two years, per Nielsen.
—Peter White, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
And, oh yeah, he was just crowed PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive 2025.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Extremely sexy soccer star (and recently crowed Sexiest Soccer Club Owner) David Beckham, a winner in 2015, suggested future SMA winners stay grounded.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Roberts crowed from the stage at midfield at Dodger Stadium last week.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump crowed about the ruling in a post on Truth Social.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowed
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Two weeks ago a Quinn Hughes cameo during Connor Storrie’s SNL debut may have delighted the Heated Rivalry fandom.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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Trump has turned heads with eye-popping looks since reentering the White House in January 2025, which both delighted her fans and frustrated detractors.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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In 2012, for example, a state lawmaker boasted that Pennsylvania’s new voter-ID requirements would allow Mitt Romney to win the state.—
Marc Novicoff,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Trump once again boasted foreign investments of $18 trillion — a figure that has been disputed by many economists, and the White House’s own data.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Their deaths occurred roughly seven weeks apart last year — Harper, 18, was gunned down at a house party in Bay Point by intruders who allegedly bragged about it online afterward.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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This low-budget-looking spot was way more successful than the company's previous 2000 Super Bowl ad, the one that bragged about wasting 2 million bucks while showing a monkey dancing on a bucket.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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Elon Musk exulted in swinging his chainsaw.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 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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“Crowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowed. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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