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[ veyn-glawr-ee-uhs, -glohr- ] / veɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vainglorious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefilled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one's ability. Origin of vaingloriousFirst recorded in 1470–80; vainglory + -ous OTHER WORDS FROM vaingloriousvain·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverbvain·glo·ri·ous·ness, nounWords nearby vaingloriousvahana, vahine, vail, vain, Väinämöinen, vainglorious, vainglory, vair, Vaisheshika, Vaishnava, Vaisya Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vaingloriousYossarian's vainglorious commanders raise the number of required missions and raise them again and again. David's Bookclub: Catch-22|David Frum|December 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is vulgar and it is vainglorious and therefore entirely typical of Palin's political style. Palin’s Delusions of Grandeur|Alex Massie|June 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST Will Jamie Oliver succeed where the vivacious, vainglorious Gayelord failed? Dead Cool: Gayelord Hauser|Simon Doonan|May 29, 2010|DAILY BEAST Unlike most other dictators he was not vainglorious nor was he personally ambitious for power or wealth. Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile|Henry Stephens
Vainglorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of flatterers, and the slaves of their own pride. A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter The mob ran swiftly, with vainglorious shouts from its leaders. The Girl in the Golden Atom|Raymond King Cummings But neither is there any of the vainglorious boasting supposed to be characteristic of the Pharisees. Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method|R. Travers Herford Writers might give the people the example, by resolutely abandoning their vainglorious hopes. Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
British Dictionary definitions for vainglorious
adjectiveboastful or vain; ostentatious Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vaingloriousarrogant, boasting, cavalier, cocky, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, haughty, high-handed, huffy, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, self-important, snobbish, snooty, stuck-up, vain, bragging |