vaunts
Crows about achievements
Vaunts means boasts or brags, speaking of oneself or one's achievements with excessive pride: He vaunts his connections to powerful people.
The word carries a literary or formal tone, suggesting self-promotion that borders on arrogance.
As a noun, a vaunt is a boastful statement: His vaunts about his wealth impressed no one.
Speak with excessive pride
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
- crowLarge black corvid
trumpet · flaunt · preen · grandstand · showboat · gasconade · rodomontade · braggart
Cabinet for displaying items
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- flauntDisplay to provoke envy
- revealMake something visible
- unveilReveal something hidden
spectacle · exhibit · presentation · demonstration · pageantry · showing off · flaunting · parading
Excessive self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
self-importance · smugness · haughtiness · pomposity · narcissism · immodesty · self-congratulation · vainglory
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- inflationSustained price level increase
puffery · grandiosity · aggrandizement · bombast · hype · magnification · stretching · tall tale
Resounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- featRemarkable act of skill
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
prowess · excellence · distinction · accolade · laurels · glory · exploit · credentials
brag
Speak with excessive pride
crow · trumpet · flaunt · preen · grandstand · showboat · gasconade · rodomontade · braggart · boaster
showcase
Cabinet for displaying items
unveil · spectacle · exhibit · presentation · demonstration · pageantry · showing off · flaunting · parading · brandishing
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
conceit · self-importance · smugness · haughtiness · pomposity · narcissism · immodesty · self-congratulation · vainglory · swelled head
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
inflation · puffery · grandiosity · aggrandizement · bombast · hype · magnification · stretching · tall tale · bluster
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- featRemarkable act of skill
conquest · prowess · excellence · distinction · accolade · laurels · glory · exploit · credentials · merits
vauntshides
Conceals or animal skins
conceals · suppresses · covers up · buries · masks
vauntsdownplays
De-emphasizes significance of
understates · minimizes · plays down · deprecates · shrugs off
vauntsdisparages
Criticizes to diminish worth
denigrates · belittles · deprecates · criticizes · decries