Avaunted

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To be openly and often boastfully praised or acknowledged To have received excessive commendation, often in a self-promoting way To have one's achievements or attributes highlighted in an exaggerated manner
2. To be asserted or proudly declared as an achievement or quality
3. To be openly recognized or heralded with pride

Etymology: "Avaunted" is the simple past and past participle of "avaunt," which entered Middle English between about 1275 and 1325 from Old French "avant," meaning "to the front." That French word descends from Late Latin "ab ante," literally "from before," built from Latin "ab" ("from") and "ante" ("before"). The verb's own history runs back through the same Latin phrase, so the form "avaunted" carries the sense of a Latin preposition of place, adjusted over centuries of French and English use.

Synonyms: boasted, bragged, vaunted

Antonyms: concealed, downplayed