vainglorious
UK/ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/
vainglorious adjective: possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
Adjective
vainglorious (comparative more vainglorious, superlative most vainglorious)
- Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
- And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]1694 May 8 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar); first published 1698, Robert South, “Christianity Mysterious, and the Wisdom of God in Making it so, Proved in a Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey...
- I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin. After all, I reflected I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 131
vainglorious meaning in Urdu and Bengali
vainglorious in Urdu
- ڈینگیا, لاف زن, شیخی خورا
vainglorious in Bengali
- অহংকারী, আত্মগর্বী
Examples of vainglorious in a sentence
- And at the very moment of that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London...
- "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 85:
- The first engine to disprove this vainglorious theory was, we are glad to note, a British one. [The locomotive boiler exploded, causing the aircraft to crash.]1943 March and April, “Notes and News: Southern Locomotive Destroys Raider”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:
- These attacks follow a familiar pattern: Their targets represent a threat to Trump’s vainglorious self-image.2016 February 29, Ron Fournier, “How to Bully a Bully”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2016:
Forms of vainglorious
| comparative | more vainglorious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vainglorious |
Origin of vainglorious
From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.
Words formed from vainglorious
Words that rhyme with vainglorious
- glorious
- notorious
- uproarious
- censorious
- laborious
- memorious
- inglorious
- unglorious
- victorious
- amatorious
- deletorious
- desultorious
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Questions about vainglorious
- What does vainglorious mean?
- Vainglorious means possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
- What is vainglorious in Urdu?
- Vainglorious in Urdu is ڈینگیا, لاف زن, شیخی خورا. See Vainglorious meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use vainglorious in a sentence?
- And at the very moment of that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.
- What part of speech is vainglorious?
- Vainglorious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce vainglorious?
- Vainglorious is pronounced /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ (UK).
Words near vainglorious in the dictionary
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