| NOUN | communication | vaunt | extravagant self-praise |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | communication | vaunt, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, gasconade | show off |
| Meaning | extravagant self-praise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation | speaking of yourself in superlatives |
| Spanish | alarde, jactancia, vanagloria | |
| Catalan | vanaglòria | |
| Verbs | vaunt | show off |
| Meaning | show off. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonyms | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, gasconade | |
| Narrower | gloat, triumph, crow | Dwell on with satisfaction |
| puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | alardear, bravear, dragonear, fachendear, fanfarronear, farolear, gallardear, gloriarse, jactarse, ostentar, presumir, ufanarse, vanagloriarse | |
| Catalan | fanfarronejar, gallejar, jactar-se, vanar-se | |
| Nouns | vaunt | extravagant self-praise |
| vaunter | a very boastful and talkative person | |
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