Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Boastful or self-aggrandizing: "vaunting" describes speech, behavior, or attitude that is excessively proud and boastful, often in a way that exaggerates one's own achievements or qualities.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • His vaunting claims about his wealth were met with skepticism. (His boastful statements about his riches were doubted.)
  • The politician's vaunting rhetoric failed to impress the voters. (The politician's exaggerated and proud speech did not win over the electorate.)

Advanced Usage

• "vaunting pride": an extremely self-praising sense of superiority.

  • She could not tolerate his vaunting pride during the meeting. (She could not stand his excessive boasting about his own importance.)

• "vaunting ambition": an overly ambitious goal expressed with arrogance.

  • The general's vaunting ambition led him to make unrealistic military plans. (His arrogant and boastful ambition caused him to create impractical strategies.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vaunt (verb): to boast or brag about something.

  • He vaunted his success at every opportunity. (He boasted about his achievements frequently.)

• Vauntingly (adverb): in a boastful manner.

  • She spoke vauntingly of her academic honors. (She talked boastfully about her academic awards.)

• Vaunt (noun): a boastful statement.

  • His vaunt that he would win the race turned out to be empty. (His boast about winning the race proved false.)

Synonyms

• Boastful: tending to talk with excessive pride.
• Bragging: speaking in a self-praising way.
• Swaggering: behaving or speaking in an arrogant, self-important manner.

Phrasal Verbs

• Vaunt over: to boast about something in comparison to another.
  • He vaunted over his rivals after the victory. (He boasted about his success to his rivals.)

Related Idioms

• Blow one's own trumpet: to boast about one's own achievements.

  • He is always blowing his own trumpet, much like a vaunting speaker. (He constantly praises himself, similar to someone who is boastful.)

• Sing one's own praises: to speak highly of oneself.

  • Her vaunting nature meant she was always singing her own praises. (Her boastful personality caused her to frequently praise herself.)