His vainglory put the Republic at risk.
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Vainglory
/[ˈveɪnˌɡlɔɚ.i]/
Synonyms for "vainglory" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
self-advertisingself-applauseself-approbationself-complacencyself-congratulationself-consequenceself-contentself-delightself-endearmentself-esteemself-glorificationself-gratulationself-importanceself-infatuationself-laudationself-loveself-praiseself-respectself-satisfactionself-sufficiency
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3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κενοδοξία noun (excessive vanity)
- κενοδοξία noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Bulgarian
3 entries- самохвалство noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- суета noun (vain, ostentatious display)
- тщесла́вие noun (excessive vanity)
Farefare
1 entries- uk-m-mẽŋa noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Finnish
2 entries- turhamaisuus noun (excessive vanity)
- turhamaisuus noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
French
2 entries- gloriole noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- vaine gloire noun (a regarding of oneself with undue favor)
Georgian
4 entries- პატივმოყვარეობა noun (excessive vanity)
- პატივმოყვარეობა noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- პატივმოყვარეობა noun (vain, ostentatious display)
- პატივმოყვარეობა noun (a regarding of oneself with undue favor)
German
4 entries- Eitelkeit noun (excessive vanity)
- Prahlerei noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- Prahlerei noun (vain, ostentatious display)
- Ruhmsucht noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Greek
2 entries- ματαιοδοξία noun (excessive vanity)
- ματαιοδοξία noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Hungarian
4 entries- beképzeltség noun (a regarding of oneself with undue favor)
- elbizakodott gőg noun (excessive vanity)
- hencegés noun (vain, ostentatious display)
- kérkedés noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Italian
1 entries- vanagloria noun (excessive vanity)
Portuguese
4 entries- vanglória noun (excessive vanity)
- vanglória noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- vanglória noun (vain, ostentatious display)
- vanglória noun (a regarding of oneself with undue favor)
Romanian
1 entries- orgoliu noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Russian
4 entries- спесь noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- тщесла́вие noun (excessive vanity)
- тщесла́вие noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- тщесла́вие noun (vain, ostentatious display)
Spanish
4 entries- jactancia noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- vanagloria noun (excessive vanity)
- vanagloria noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
- vanagloria noun (vain, ostentatious display)
Tagalog
1 entries- pamansa noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Ukrainian
2 entries- марносла́вство noun (excessive vanity)
- марносла́вство noun (boastful, unwarranted pride)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Then he reasoned, as he had in the days past, that the course of human history had shown national pride—the inflexible kind—to be mankind’s worst enemy, and ordinary people paid the price in suffering. Nations had gone down because of vainglory, when moderation might have civilized and saved them.
Source: wiktionary
The pew would soon want new flooring, Mr. Dangerfield thought, and the Castlemallard arms and supporters, a rather dingy piece of vainglory, overhanging the main seat on the wall, would be nothing the worse of a little fresh gilding and paint.
Source: wiktionary
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