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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done;
ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
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The spirits beneath, whom I seduced
With other promises and other vaunts. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, n. [F. avant before, fore. See Avant,
Vanguard.]
The first part. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t. [See Avant, Advance.]
To put forward; to display. [Obs.] ``Vaunted spear.''
--Spenser.
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And what so else his person most may vaunt. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaunting.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
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Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with
ostentation.
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Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. --1 Cor.
xiii. 4.
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My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. --Milton.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaunting.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with
ostentation.
Charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. --1 Cor.
xiii. 4.
My vanquisher, spoiled of his vaunted spoil. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done;
ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
The spirits beneath, whom I seduced With other promises
and other vaunts. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, n. [F. avant before, fore. See Avant,
Vanguard.]
The first part. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaunt \Vaunt\, v. t. [See Avant, Advance.]
To put forward; to display. [Obs.] ``Vaunted spear.''
--Spenser.
And what so else his person most may vaunt. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
vaunt
n : extravagant self-praise
v : show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, blow, bluster, gasconade]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
vaunt
n.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
vb.
(lb en intransitive) To speak boastfully.
n.
(lb en obsolete) The first part.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
vaunt
n.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
vb.
(lb en intransitive) To speak boastfully.
n.
(lb en obsolete) The first part.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
vaunt
n.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
vb.
(lb en intransitive) To speak boastfully.
n.
(lb en obsolete) The first part.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
vaunt
n.
A boast; an instance of vaunting.
vb.
(lb en intransitive) To speak boastfully.
n.
(lb en obsolete) The first part.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
vaunt
Englanti n.
leuhkiminen
Englanti vb.
leuhkia jollakin, rehennellä
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
التفاخر
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
vaunt //vɑnt// //vɑːnt// //vɔnt// //vɔːnt//
хвалба
Instance of vaunting
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
chvástat se
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
vaunt //vɑnt// //vɑːnt// //vɔnt// //vɔːnt//
kerskunta
Instance of vaunting
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
1. अधिक~प्रशंसित
"The company's much vaunted administrative system failed totally"
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
hvalisanje, hvalisati se
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
1. hencegés
2. kérkedés
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
vaunt /vˈɔːnt/
1. övünmek
2. övmek
3. övünme. vaunt'ingly övünerek.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "vaunt":
advertise, air, blazon, blazon forth, blow, bluster, boast,
boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism,
bragging, brandish, bravado, bravura, brilliancy,
cock-a-doodle-doo, conceit, crow, dangle, daring, dash,
demonstrate, demonstration, display, dramatics, draw the longbow,
eclat, emblazon, etalage, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism,
false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flash, flaunt, flaunting,
flourish, gasconade, gasconism, heroics, histrionics, hold up,
jactation, jactitation, manifest, manifestation, mouth, pageant,
pageantry, parade, prate, puff, put forth, put forward,
rodomontade, sham, show, show off, showing-off, side,
speak for Buncombe, spectacle, splash, splurge, sport, staginess,
swagger, theatrics, trumpet, trumpet forth, vanity, vapor,
vauntery, vaunting, wave
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v．吹嘘，炫耀
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt.
vi. 自夸
n. 自吹自擂
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