Found 2 items, similar to Vaunting.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vaunt
vaunt
n : extravagant self-praise
v : show off [syn:
boast,
tout,
swash,
shoot a line,
brag,
gas,
blow,
bluster,
gasconade]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vaunting
Vaunt
\Vaunt\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Vaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaunting.] [F. vanter, LL. vanitare, fr. L. vanus vain. See
Vain.]
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth,
attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk
ostentatiously; to brag.
[1913 Webster]
Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what
he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. --Gov.
of Tongue.
[1913 Webster]