vaunt C2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /vɔnt/ UK /vɔːnt/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like wont /v/ vs /w/ Freq #152861 Meanings 1 noun extravagant self-praise The actor disliked the vaunts given by the crowd. 2 verb to show off My siblings were eager to vaunt for the rest of our family. 3 verb To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. Near-synonym: flaunt. 4 noun An instance of vaunting; a boast. The spirits beneath, whom I seduced / with other promises and other vaunts. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 verb · to boast of; to make a vain... flaunt Word family Forms vaunted Derived forms vaunter Etymology From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”). Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # vaunt **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /vɔnt/ **IPA (UK):** /vɔːnt/ **Frequency rank:** 152861 ## Meanings 1. extravagant self-praise 2. to show off 3. To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation. 4. An instance of vaunting; a boast. ## Examples - The actor disliked the vaunts given by the crowd. - My siblings were eager to vaunt for the rest of our family. - Near-synonym: flaunt. - The spirits beneath, whom I seduced / with other promises and other vaunts. ## Synonyms - flaunt ## Derived Forms - vaunter ## Etymology From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”). ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown