Flaunt

/flɔːnt/ · verb

Meaning

(intransitive, archaic, of leaves or flags) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive, archaic, of leaves or flags) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
2. (transitive) To parade, display with ostentation.
3. (intransitive, archaic or literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
4. (obsolete) Anything displayed for show.
5. (proscribed) To flout.

Example Sentences

The black, rich soil had fed itself with the decay of a long period of time; such as fallen leaves, the petals of flowers, and the stalks and seed-vessels of vagrant and lawless plants, more useful after their death than ever while flaunting in the sun.

Flaunt away, flags of all nations! be duly lower’d at sunset!

At the corner of the bridge, too, I saw one of the common contrasts of that grotesque time—a sheet of paper flaunting against a thicket of the Red Weed, transfixed by a stick that kept it in place.

The house came into sight, above the cedar grove beyond whose black interstices an apple orchard flaunted in the sunny afternoon.

Near-synonym: vaunt

She’s always flaunting her designer clothes.

He pierced with his sombre detachment the plate-glass of ironmongers and saddlers, while Strether flaunted an affinity with the dealers in stamped letter-paper and in smart neckties.

Never one to miss an opportunity to flaunt his wealth, Khashoggi let his yacht be used for the 1983 Bond film Never Say Never Again.

Synonyms for flaunt

Antonyms for flaunt

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Word Forms

• flaunts
• flaunting
• flaunted
• flant

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