vainglory
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈveɪnˌɡlɔːri/
- Literature
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vanidad
- All you're interested in is your vanity, a larger measure of vainglory than you can ever deserve.
- vainglory and pride
Said ego or Vainglory is the road straight to hell.
- Said ego or Vainglory is the road straight to hell.
- And people do all sorts of stuff motivated by Vainglory, right?
- Bad sadness is conquered through spiritual joy, then Vainglory through the charity of God.
- Because it is the one that is opposed to pride, also to Vainglory, you could say it's also opposed to others as well.
Examples
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Just serve humbly, without any hint of personal vainglory from this point forward.
Blog text (14) -
The most distinctive feature of both is vainglory, with shallowness a close second.
Academic text (2001) -
For all your vainglory, successful men like you are a dime a dozen.
Fiction book (1991) -
I meant to impress upon my daughter the vainglory of these spectacles.
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And, above all, they loved the vainglory of their own words, the pomp of argument, and the vanity of ideas....
Academic text (1991) -
The real horror is the pathetic string of tragedy our vainglory has unleashed.
Blog text (12) -
He finds her performance "rotten with intellectual vainglory, vitiated in its humanity by the inflation of its feeling."
Academic text (1991) -
His constant bragging about his achievements revealed his vainglory to everyone around him.
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The artist's vainglory was evident as he loudly recounted his accolades at the exhibition.
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Many politicians are criticized for their vainglory when they highlight their accomplishments over the needs of the public.
Synonyms
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5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
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8.9
Extreme pride that makes someone ignore danger and fail
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8.1
Being too interested in yourself and your looks or skills
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8.0
Too much pride in yourself and your abilities
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5.7
Being too pleased with yourself in a way that annoys others
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6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
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9.5
Words that show you think you are better than others without proof
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8.5
A feeling of too much pride and being better than others after a win
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7.9
Thinking that you are more important or powerful than others
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7.4
Feeling that you are much better than other people
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3.5
Talk that shows too much pride about your own achievements or things
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5.4
Talking proudly about your success or abilities in a way that bothers other people
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9.9
Talk that shows too much pride in your achievements
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6.8
Talking about your good qualities to show off to others
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9.9
Talk that sounds impressive but has no real worth
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6.8
Showing too much pride in yourself or your abilities
Being too proud of your appearance or abilities
Thinking you are much better or more important than other people
Talking too proudly about your own success or abilities
Talk that shows too much pride and no real facts
Antonyms
How Conceited
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vainglory comes from two simple parts: vain and glory. vain meant 'empty' and glory means 'great praise', so vainglory is showy, boastful pride that has no real value.