Associations to the word «Vaunting»

Wiktionary

VAUNT, verb. (intransitive) To speak boastfully.
VAUNT, verb. (transitive) To speak boastfully about.
VAUNT, verb. (transitive) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
VAUNT, noun. A boast; an instance of vaunting.
VAUNT, noun. (obsolete) The first part.

Dictionary definition

VAUNT, noun. Extravagant self-praise.
VAUNT, verb. Show off.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley