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vauntverb to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excesseven the noblest of fellows have been known to vaunt a bit blow, boast, brag, bull(slang), crow, gasconade, swagger, vapor bluster, harangue, puffpridegushexult, glory, rejoicebrandish, display, exhibit, expose, flaunt, glorify, parade, show offmagnify, maximize blow smoke belittle, deprecate, diminish, discount, laugh off, minimize, play down, pooh-pooh(also pooh), shrug off, underrate, undervaluebemoan, lament, mourn, regret boast, brag, vaunt, crow mean to express pride in oneself or one's accomplishments.boast often suggests ostentation and exaggerationboasts of every trivial success , 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 in the 14th century |