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.
- verb exhibit
- 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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