vaingloriousness

noun

Definition of vaingloriousnessnext
as in vanity
an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements a tiresome vaingloriousness that manifested itself in the old general's incessant boasting about his battlefield victories

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vaingloriousness
  1. vanity
  2. ego
  3. pride
  4. amour propre
  5. arrogance
Noun
  • Here, garland drapes over each medicine cabinet and fills a small bowl on the vanity top, adding punches of color and festivity without being too literal.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The bathroom itself looks a lot like its counterpart and has a shower, a small vanity sink, and a flushing toilet, as well as some more storage.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of vanity
Noun
  • The mentors who called you out, the lessons that battered your ego.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • After surviving the Holocaust, a Hungarian Jewish architect (Adrien Brody) comes to America and is commissioned by an industrialist (Guy Pearce) to build a community center, while trying to bring his wife (Felicity Jones) over from Europe and weathering his own ego and vices.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of ego
Noun
  • Word quickly got out that Michigan Central itself was such a magnificent source of Motor City pride that the rich, powerful and famous came to walk its hallowed halls.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Panama’s management of the canal The canal is a point of national pride in Panama, as well as a major driver of its economy.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of pride
Noun
  • But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.
    Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
Definition of amour propre
Noun
  • Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrogance
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