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vainglorying

vainglorying is the present participle and gerund of vainglory.

Meaning of vainglory

Verb

vainglory (third-person singular simple present vainglories, present participle vainglorying, simple past and past participle vaingloried)

  1. (intransitive) To boast; to act in a vain manner.

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Noun

vainglorying (plural vaingloryings)

  1. Vainglorious behaviour.
    • Thus Jehovah by His Almighty power and wisdom infinite wrought out of stormy turbulence and strife, and all the proud vaingloryings of war, a 'highway for the royal chariot of the Prince of Peace.'1871, Robert Seager, The mansions, halls, and palaces of Heaven

Forms of vainglorying

pluralvaingloryings

Questions about vainglorying

What does vainglorying mean?
Vainglorying means vainglorious behaviour.
What is vainglorying the present participle and gerund of?
Vainglorying is the present participle and gerund of vainglory.
What part of speech is vainglorying?
Vainglorying is a noun.
What is the plural of vainglorying?
The plural of vainglorying is vaingloryings.

Words near vainglorying in the dictionary

  1. vaingloriness
  2. vainglorious
  3. vaingloriously
  4. vaingloriousness
  5. vainglory
  6. vainglorying
  7. vaingloryings
  8. Vainikkala
  9. vainly
  10. vainness
  11. VAINs

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