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单词 vaunting
释义

vaunting in American English

(ˈvɔntɪŋ, ˈvɑːn-)
adjective
1. 
having a boastfully proud disposition
a vaunting dictator
2. 
marked by boastful pride
a vaunting air of superiority
Word origin
[1580–90; vaunt + -ing2]

Examples of 'vaunting' in a sentence
vaunting

He is a contrarian melange of reasonable gastronomic meritocracy and vaunting epicurean elitism.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's an image of such vain, vaunting solipsism that it defies satire.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Advertising is the cheerleader for sexism, misogyny, racism and a vaunting masculine self-satisfaction.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
With the rise of feminism came awareness that half the human race might be offended by male writers' vaunting attitudes.
The Times Literary Supplement
The defining characteristic of almost all of them is a vaunting self-regard withoutthe merest glimmer of insight.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It wasn't arrogance or vaunting confidence, he was just unusually comfortable behind his own character.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An unfeasible and vaunting self-regard is the most common corollary affliction of seeing your name in print too often.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet fashion's vanity is ever-vaunting, so we just ran with it preferably in cuban heels, waving our hands.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
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