, but it may imply a claiming with proper and justifiable pride.
the town boasts one of the best museums in the area
brag suggests crudity and artlessness in glorifying oneself.
bragging of their exploits
vaunt usually connotes more pomp and bombast than boast and less crudity or naïveté than brag.
vaunted his country's military might
crow usually implies exultant boasting or bragging.
crowed after winning the championship
Example Sentences
Verb even the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Regardless of what Garoppolo does, the 49ers’ defense has to re-vaunt itself. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 20 Sep. 2020 Only in later years was Ms. Rol-Tanguy vaunted for her role in the Allied liberation of France in August 1944. Phil Davison, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2020 The new effort will not have access to Sanders’s vaunted e-mail list, Weaver said. Shane Goldmacher, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2020 Quarterback Kyler Murray had a promising rookie season, and Arizona had to continue to protect its investment against the 49ers vaunted defensive line. Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 27 Apr. 2020 Paradoxically, the Valley’s vaunted commitment to transparency and social change gets in the way of perceiving its actual social effects. Ismail Muhammad, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2020 Despite the technology’s vaunted promises, there are still many tasks – even technical ones – that humans do better. Kevin O’kelly, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2020 One of France’s vaunted high-speed trains derailed Thursday morning on a trip to Paris, injuring 21 people including the driver, officials said.USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020 This stat also highlights the shortcomings of Michigan’s vaunted receiving corps, a group that accounted for 22 drops. Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2020
Noun
Perhaps the Huskers’ new hire can have a similar effect and vaunt Nebraska back into his top group. Chris Bumbaca, ajc, 1 Dec. 2017 French bank lobby vaunts Macron reforms in annual conferencePrime Minister Philippe offers tax cuts to woo London bankersFrance’s financial lobby insists the battle for post-Brexit banking jobs isn’t over. Fabio Benedetti Valentini, Bloomberg.com, 11 July 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English vaunten "to speak vainly, boast," borrowed from Anglo-French vanter, vaunter, going back to Late Latin vānitāre (only in participial forms vānitantēs, vānitantia), frequentative derivative of *vānāre "to make a vain display," derivative of Latin vānus "lacking content, empty, illusory, marked by foolish or empty pride" — more at wane entry 1
Noun
Middle English, probably aphetic form of avaunt "boast," noun derivative of avaunten "to boast, brag," borrowed from Anglo-French avanter "to boast about," from a-, prefix in transitive verbs (going back to Latin ad-) + vanter "to boast" — more at ad-, vaunt entry 1