CROWED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

crowed

verb

past tense of crow

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 Apple has long crowed about the privacy value of running AI locally, but a new report suggests that despite Apple’s best efforts, the iPhone’s Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud. —

ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026 These guys had all crowed on social media that Donaldson’s contests are far too easy. —

Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026 Last year, Ladapo and DeSantis crowed about becoming the first state to recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations, even though pregnant women with COVID are more likely to develop severe infections, more likely to wind up on a ventilator and more likely to die. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026 Heckel crowed with delight as Strong tried paper, snipping her classmate’s fingers with scissors to complete the sweep. —

Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026 On March 4, the NRC crowed proudly about issuing the first commercial reactor construction permit in a decade — and the first approval for a non-light water reactor in more than 40 years. —

Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026 Nuuk, the territory’s capital city, is emblematic of those towns, featuring brightly colored houses crowed together between a jagged coastline and inland mountains. —

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

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An early example of internet-viral fame, the then-47-year-old unemployed charity worker from rural Scotland delighted viewers and judges with her powerful, angelic voice and charm.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 29 May 2026
Torres continues to show great flair in writing for Oscar winners, though, with Portman playing a mother delighted by her daughter’s interest in a step-child doll to torment.

— Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026