vapored

verb

past tense of vapor
as in boasted
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess a faded Southern belle tiresomely vaporing about all the handsome beaux she had in her long-ago youth

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  1. boasted
  2. bragged
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  • Bourdain was attracted to a certain kind of swagger that the kitchen crew boasted.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As Variety has noted in an extensive drill-down on the city’s film scene, Recife boasted a vibrant silent cinema movement in the 1920s.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of boasted
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  • Jason bragged about using emotional manipulation over his dead mother to trick Angela.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • Plenty of others bragged about how their normally less-than-healthy eating habits would protect them from the diarrheal scourge.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Definition of bragged
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“Vapored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vapored. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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