vaunting
Excessive self-praise
Vaunting describes boastful or excessively proud behavior, typically involving the loud proclamation of one's achievements, qualities, or possessions.
As the present participle of vaunt, it functions both as an adjective and a verb form: his vaunting ambition alienated potential allies; she was vaunting her credentials to anyone who would listen.
The word carries connotations of arrogance and self-promotion that exceed what the situation warrants.
Excessive pride in oneself
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- bombastPretentious hollow language
grandiloquence · pomposity · self-aggrandizement · hubris · conceit · egotism · haughtiness · self-importance
Strong desire for achievement
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
grandiosity · loftiness · climbing · scheming · Promethean · towering · soaring · boundless
boastfulness
Excessive pride in oneself
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
bombast · grandiloquence · pomposity · self-aggrandizement · hubris · conceit · egotism · haughtiness · self-importance · smugness
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- overreachingExceeding proper limits
- presumptionBelief held without proof
audacity · grandiosity · loftiness · climbing · scheming · Promethean · towering · soaring · boundless · overambitious
vauntingmodest
Lacking in pretension
humble · self-effacing · unassuming · meek · unpretentious
vauntingunderstating
Representing as less significant
self-deprecating · downplaying · minimizing · disparaging · unassuming