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vaunt

/vawnt, vahnt/US // vɔnt, vɑnt //UK // (vɔːnt) //

夸奖,夸赞,夸耀,夸张

Related Words

prate侈谈,侈靡,侈靡不振,侈奢 boast夸口说,夸耀,夸夸其谈,夸口 crow乌鸦,人群,人群中,人群中的 gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸 strut大步流星,大摇大摆地走过来,大摇大摆地走出去,大摇大摆地走过来的 brag吹牛,吹嘘,自吹自擂,吹牛逼 flaunt炫耀,标榜,夸耀,炫耀一下 display展示,展示的,展示的是

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to speak boastfully; brag.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a boastful action or utterance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Forms: vaunted

Synonyms

boast夸口说,夸耀,夸夸其谈,夸口 brag吹牛,吹嘘,自吹自擂,吹牛逼 crow乌鸦,人群,人群中,人群中的 display展示,展示的,展示的是 flaunt炫耀,标榜,夸耀,炫耀一下 gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸 prate侈谈,侈靡,侈靡不振,侈奢 strut大步流星,大摇大摆地走过来,大摇大摆地走出去,大摇大摆地走过来的

Examples

This much-vaunted turnout operation turns out not to have deserved much vaunt.
I might have guessed that in some such cutthroat manner would your vaunt of winning me at the sword-point be accomplished.
Caroline should keep watch over herself; you vaunt silence as the surest method of being witty.
He has answered me back, vaunt for vaunt, rhetoric for rhetoric.
Such men our modern universities appropriately claim the right to vaunt proudly as the products of their training.
No person is to vaunt himself above others or find fault with the efforts of others while lauding his own.

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Antonyms

conceal掩盖,掩饰,隐瞒,隐蔽 deprecate弃用,废止,废弃的,删减 hide隐藏,隐藏起来,隐蔽