crowed

verb

past tense of crow
1
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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2
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 Those cops, police chief John Noland crowed, have been electrocuting suspects for roughly two years at this point. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crowed
  1. delighted
  2. boasted
  3. bragged
  4. exulted
Verb
  • And his fight against Black housing development in Newark’s North Ward delighted many of his neighbors.
    — Mark Krasovic, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Past visitors include different types of tuna that have delighted sport fishers, and open-ocean red crabs that can change the poop color of birds that feast on them.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of delighted
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  • In Texas, Republicans seized on an old interview in which Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico boasted that his campaign, then for the Texas statehouse, was going vegan.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By the early twentieth century, LA boasted the highest rate of Black homeownership of any major city in the country.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of boasted
Verb
  • One bragged about the capture of the former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
    — Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Smigel and Wendt bragged about how great Chicago is compared to Kansas City and compared crime rates.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of bragged
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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
Definition of exulted

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“Crowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crowed. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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