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Synonyms
vaunt (vônt, vŏnt)

[Middle English vaunten, from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre, to talk frivolously, frequentative of Latin vānāre, from vānus, empty.]

verb: vaunt·ed, vaunt·ing, vaunts. 

transitive verb 

To speak boastfully of; brag about.

intransitive verb 

To speak boastfully; brag. See synonyms at boast1

noun 

  1. A boastful remark.
  2. Speech of extravagant self-praise.

derivatives

vaunt́er
noun
vaunt́ing·ly
adverb