vaunt
Trumpet one's achievements
To vaunt is to boast or brag, especially about one's own achievements or qualities: He vaunted his connections to powerful people.
The noun vaunt is the boast itself.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, more likely to appear in formal writing than casual speech.
Much-vaunted describes something that has been heavily promoted or praised, often with the implication it may not live up to the hype: The much-vaunted reform failed to materialize.
Speak with excessive pride
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
- crowLarge black corvid
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
grandstand · showboat · rodomontade · braggadocio · gasconade · blowhard · loudmouth · bragger
Cabinet for displaying items
- flauntDisplay to provoke envy
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- spectacleVisually striking event
- show offBoast through display
exhibition · flourish · ostentation · pageantry · demonstration · brandish · trumpeting · spotlight
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
smugness · self-importance · snobbery · presumption · imperiousness · swagger · aloofness · egotism
Promoting goods to consumers
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
- promotionRank increase or publicity
spotlight · trumpet · name-dropping · chest-beating · plugging · touting
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- inflationSustained price level increase
puffery · grandiosity · aggrandizement · tall tale · magnification · dramatization · elaboration · stretching
brag
Speak with excessive pride
bluster · grandstand · showboat · rodomontade · braggadocio · gasconade · blowhard · loudmouth · bragger · boaster
showcase
Cabinet for displaying items
show off · exhibition · flourish · ostentation · pageantry · demonstration · brandish · trumpeting · spotlight · splashy
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
pomposity · smugness · self-importance · snobbery · presumption · imperiousness · swagger · aloofness · egotism · overweening
marketing
Promoting goods to consumers
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- publicityMedia-driven awareness
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
promotion · spotlight · trumpet · name-dropping · chest-beating · plugging · touting
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
inflation · puffery · grandiosity · aggrandizement · tall tale · magnification · dramatization · elaboration · stretching · overblown
vauntself-deprecate
Criticize oneself, often humorously
downplay · understate · minimize · play down · hide