Vaunt

Verb

 * 1)  To speak boastfully.
 * 2) * 1829 — Washington Irving, Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, chapter XC
 * "The number," said he, "is great, but what can be expected from mere citizen soldiers? They vaunt and menace in time of safety; none are so arrogant when the enemy is at a distance; but when the din of war thunders at the gates they hide themselves in terror."

Synonyms

 * boast, brag

Derived terms

 * vaunter

Noun

 * 1) A boast; an instance of vaunting.
 * 2) * 1904 — G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Book II, chapter III
 * He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.

Adjectives for Vaunt
obligatory; vainglorious; ostentatious; nauseating.

Adverbs for Vaunt
arrogantly; unduly; obstreperously; vain-gloriously;  ostentatiously;   belligerently; verbally.

Thesaurus
advertise, air, blazon, blazon forth, blow, bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, brandish, bravado, bravura, brilliancy, cock-a-doodle-doo, conceit, crow, dangle, daring, dash, demonstrate, demonstration, display, dramatics, draw the longbow, eclat, emblazon, etalage, exhibit, exhibition, exhibitionism, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flash, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, gasconade, gasconism, heroics, histrionics, hold up, jactation, jactitation, manifest, manifestation, mouth, pageant, pageantry, parade, prate, puff, put forth, put forward, rodomontade, sham, show, show off, showing-off, side, speak for Buncombe, spectacle, splash, splurge, sport, staginess, swagger, theatrics, trumpet, trumpet forth, vanity, vapor, vauntery, vaunting, wave

Etymology
vaunter:, variant of vanter: from  vanus:.

Verb

 * French: vanter


 * Polish: szczycić się, chlubić się

Noun

 * French: vantardise

Anagrams

 * Tuvan