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The meaning of VAINGLORY is excessive or ostentatious pride especially in one's achievements.
Vainglory is possessed by people who are vain and like to glorify themselves: they're cocky and egotistical. Anyone who always tells you about how smart, attractive, or successful they are is displaying vainglory. Vainglory is the opposite of humility.
Vainglory definition: excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.. See examples of VAINGLORY used in a sentence.
Meaning of vainglorious in English. vainglorious. adjective. formal disapproving uk / ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ri.əs / us / ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːr.i.əs / Add to word list. showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements: In Britain he is regarded as a vainglorious fool. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Showing arrogance and conceit.
noun. 1. excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity. 2. empty pomp or show. SYNONYMS 1. See pride. 2. ostentation. ANTONYMS 1. humility. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Word origin.
vain·glo·ry. (vān′glôr′ē, vān-glôr′ē) n. 1. Excessive or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities. 2. Vain, ostentatious display: "a narcissistic chaser of vainglory" (Jonathan Miles).
Definition of vainglory noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
