ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsVvaunt
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vaunt
Meaning: to praise or boast about something proudly
vaunt in a sentence
How vaunt is used in real sentences:
The mayor liked to vaunt the city's record of economic growth.
The school brochure vaunted its graduates' impressive achievements.
“At the Northbridge laboratory, researchers refused to vaunt their early forecast merely because it fit last winter's data.”
— from the passage When the Curve Breaks
“The Meridian Theatre's new production of The Tempest arrives with a program that vaunts its technological daring, ecological conscience, and radical compassion.”
— from the passage The Engineered Tempest
“Ministers vaunted the measure as a peaceful answer to public pressure, yet its opponents treated nearly every clause as an invitation to delay.”
— from the passage The Reform Standoff
Synonyms for vaunt
Other words for vaunt — boast, tout and trumpet — carry the same meaning.
- boast
- tout
- trumpet
Antonyms of vaunt
Words that mean the opposite of vaunt:
- disparage
- belittle
- denigrate
Where it comes from
From Old French vanter, meaning 'to boast.'
Memory hook
VAUNT sounds like 'vault': to vaunt something is to vault its praise upward.