MEANING
To display something boldly in order to attract admiration or attention.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- flaunt wealth
- flaunt one's success
On the page
He flaunted the invitation before those excluded.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- flaunt
- Past tense
- flaunted
- Past participle
- flaunted
- Present participle
- flaunting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- flaunt
- Present continuous
- am/is/are flaunting
- Present perfect
- have/has flaunted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been flaunting
- Past
- flaunted
- Past continuous
- was/were flaunting
- Past perfect
- had flaunted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been flaunting
- Future
- will flaunt
- Future continuous
- will be flaunting
- Future perfect
- will have flaunted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been flaunting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: flaunt; flaunts; flaunted; flaunted; flaunting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: flaunts.
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