: highly or widely praised or boasted about
his own much vaunted ferocity—
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Vaunted Has Latin Roots
The verb vaunt has been used since the 15th century with the meaning "to make a vain display of one's own worth or attainments"—in other words, "to brag or boast." Over time, vaunt developed the meaning "to boast of (something)," as in "the promotional flier vaunts the natural beauty of the area," and gave rise to the adjectival form vaunted. The history of vaunt and vaunted leads back to the Latin word vānus, meaning "vain" or "empty." The word vain itself is also a descendant of vānus.
Examples of vaunted in a Sentence
The team's vaunted defense faltered in the second half of the game.
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Andrew Vaughn Vaughn is a right-handed-hitting first baseman and former vaunted prospect who hasn’t lived up to expectations.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
And computer scientists are finalizing plans for how to sift through 20 terabytes of data every night, which is 350 times more than the data collected by the vaunted James Webb Space Telescope each day.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
And computer scientists are finalizing plans for how to sift through 20 terabytes of data every night, which is 350 times more than the data collected by the vaunted James Webb Space Telescope each day.
—Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
Although the marque has intermittently incorporated hybrid tech in race versions of its cars since 2010, the 2025 Carrera GTS is the first road-going 911 to pair its vaunted flat-six with electrification.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Today, the Michelin Guide has become a vaunted yet controversial subjective yardstick by which restaurants are measured.
—Tulasi Srinivas, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
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“Vaunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaunted. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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vaunted
adjective
vaunt·ed
ˈvȯnt-əd 
ˈvänt-
: much praised or boasted about
the team's vaunted offense
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