Antonyms for vaunt

Grammar : Verb

Spell : vawnt, vahnt

Phonetic Transcription : vɔnt, vɑnt

Definition of vaunt

Origin : c.1400, "speak vainly or proudly," from Middle French vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from Late Latin vanitare "to boast," frequentative of Latin vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain). Related: Vaunted; vaunting.

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Example sentences :

He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Thus did he vaunt, and the Argives were stung by his saying.
Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer

Thus did he vaunt, but darkness closed the eyes of the other.
Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer

They put forth their hypothesis as a provisional one, and they vaunt its convenience.
Extract from : « The Mind and the Brain » by Alfred Binet

You vaunt that you sit as firm on your throne as this pyramid reposes on its base.
Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

All this I mention not by way of vaunt, but to show how much can be accomplished, when the mind is easy.
Extract from : « Dariel » by R. D. Blackmore

First came the "vaunt chase," and then the "midel," and then the "parfytieres."
Extract from : « The Master of Game » by Second Duke of York, Edward

Mankind vaunt their love of truth, but they are not to be trusted.
Extract from : « A Logic Of Facts » by George Jacob Holyoake

Nor did Agricola ever vaunt his exploits to blazon his own fame.
Extract from : « The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus » by Tacitus

He had ceased to shout his amorous songs, and vaunt his lustful triumphs.
Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida

Synonyms for vaunt

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