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vaunted

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: V AO1 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Highly or widely praised or boasted about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of vaunt

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English vaunt Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English vaunted From vaunt + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: vanté — highly or widely boasted about
  • German: vielgepriesen — highly or widely boasted about
  • German: hochgelobt — highly or widely boasted about
  • Portuguese: aclamado — highly or widely boasted about
  • Russian: просла́вленный (proslávlennyj) — highly or widely boasted about
  • Russian: имени́тый (imenítyj) — highly or widely boasted about
  • Russian: хвалёный (xvaljónyj) — highly or widely boasted about
  • Spanish: cacareado — highly or widely boasted about