CROWED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

crowed

verb

past tense of crow

as in delighted

to feel or express joy or triumph being the home of the new Super Bowl champs was the first thing that city residents had to crow about in a very long time

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as in boasted

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess the in-your-face crowing by some of the winning athletes at the Olympics was embarrassing

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Recent Examples of crowed Also in the crowed were Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, and Hailey Bieber. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026 When Bryce Dettloff and Trinity Tatum were crowed winners of Love island USA season 8, there was no twist. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 This time, the Mexican national team triumphed 2-0 before an exuberant crowed at its home stadium. — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 11 June 2026 The basilica's heights are bursting with nature, from the rooster who crowed while Peter denied Christ to reptiles doing the job of gargoyles, and piles of fruit that crown its spires. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Apple has long crowed about the privacy value of running AI locally, but a new report suggests that despite Apple’s best efforts, the iPhone’s Gemini makeover will lean heavily on Google and Nvidia in the cloud. — ArsTechnica, 28 May 2026 These guys had all crowed on social media that Donaldson’s contests are far too easy. — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026 Last year, Ladapo and DeSantis crowed about becoming the first state to recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations, even though pregnant women with COVID are more likely to develop severe infections, more likely to wind up on a ventilator and more likely to die. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026

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Their remarks earned cheers and applause, which delighted Demos.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
In Darwin’s time violet helleborines didn’t grow around Down House—they’ve been introduced by the gardeners—but Darwin would have been delighted.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

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Still, in the firm’s first formal investor letter this month, Kushner boasted that its second through its 10th funds rank in the top quartile in a key financial performance metric, with several in the top 5%.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The only show that boasted more major nominations was The Pitt with 12.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of boasted

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In a recent interview with the right-wing publication the Daily Wire, a police chief in the tiny town of Sahuarita, Arizona bragged that his officers have been using them for years.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
Noling's lawyers wrote in court documents that a man told authorities that his foster brother, Wilson, bragged about committing the crime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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After Friday’s delay in the Paramount-WBD antitrust lawsuit, shares of both media companies slid in after-hours trading, foes of the merger exulted and observers tried to process the latest twist in the merger saga.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026
Watching from New Orleans, former Huskers star guard Tyronn Lue exulted.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026

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