: 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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Ornelas is ranked No. 11 among Padres prospects by MLB.com, easily the oldest high-ceiling player in the system after his contract was purchased from Mexico City Red Devils as part of San Diego’s vaunted 2016-17 international class.
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That was impossible given WWE’s vaunted pandemic-era shows in the ThunderDome.
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The search for the vaunted gourmet fungi takes place on a local family’s private woodland and is followed by a four-course tasting menu studded with your finds.
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The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, blaming the vaunted school's failure to address antisemitism on campus.
—Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
That was impossible given WWE’s vaunted pandemic-era shows in the ThunderDome.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The search for the vaunted gourmet fungi takes place on a local family’s private woodland and is followed by a four-course tasting menu studded with your finds.
—Vivian Song, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status, blaming the vaunted school's failure to address antisemitism on campus.
—Fox News Staff, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Vaunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vaunted. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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