Vanity

//ˈvænɪti//

Synonyms for "vanity" (126 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(2 words)
amour proprearrogance

Strong matches (37)

Related words (63)

Noun(2 words)
self-lovetoilet table

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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causes desire

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dbpedia genre

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dbpedia occupation

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Translations

145 translations across 63 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • ydelheid noun (excessive pride)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kotësi noun (that which is vain)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ματαιότης noun (that which is vain)

Arabic

1 entries
  • غُرُور noun (excessive pride)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ունայնություն noun (excessive pride)
  • ունայնություն noun (emptiness)
  • սնափառություն noun (excessive pride)

Asturian

1 entries
  • vanidá noun (excessive pride)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qürrə noun (excessive pride)
  • qürur noun (excessive pride)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • ма́рнасць noun (that which is vain)
  • славалю́бства noun (excessive pride)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • kauragan noun (that which is vain)
  • kauragan noun (excessive pride)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • суета́ noun (excessive pride)
  • тщесла́вие noun (excessive pride)

Catalan

1 entries
  • vanitat noun (excessive pride)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 虛榮 /虚荣 noun (excessive pride)
  • 虛榮心 /虚荣心 noun (excessive pride)

Czech

4 entries
  • domýšlivost noun (excessive pride)
  • jalovost noun (emptiness)
  • ješitnost noun (excessive pride)
  • malichernost noun (that which is vain)

Danish

1 entries
  • forfængelighed noun (excessive pride)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ijdelheid noun (excessive pride)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • fiero noun (excessive pride)
  • memamo noun (excessive pride)
  • vanteco noun (excessive pride)

Estonian

3 entries
  • edevus noun (excessive pride)
  • mõttetus noun (that which is vain)
  • tühisus noun (emptiness)

Finnish

3 entries
  • peilipöytä noun (emptiness)
  • turhamaisuus noun (excessive pride)
  • turhuus noun (that which is vain)

French

2 entries
  • vanité noun (that which is vain)
  • vanité noun (excessive pride)

Galician

2 entries
  • vaidade noun (that which is vain)
  • vaidade noun (excessive pride)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ამაოება noun (excessive pride)
  • პატივმოყვარეობა noun (excessive pride)
  • სიცარიელე noun (emptiness)

German

3 entries
  • Eitelkeit noun (excessive pride)
  • Leere noun (emptiness)
  • Vergänglichkeit noun (that which is vain)

Greek

1 entries
  • ματαιοδοξία noun (excessive pride)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הֶבֶל noun (that which is vain)
  • יָהֳרָה \ יוהרה noun (excessive pride)

Hindi

2 entries
  • ग़ुरूर noun (excessive pride)
  • घमंड noun (excessive pride)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • haszontalanság noun (that which is vain)
  • hiábavalóság noun (that which is vain)
  • hiúság noun (excessive pride)
  • önteltség noun (excessive pride)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • angkuh noun (excessive pride)

Irish

2 entries
  • díomhaointeas noun (that which is vain)
  • uaill noun (excessive pride)

Italian

1 entries
  • vanità noun (excessive pride)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 虚栄 noun (excessive pride)
  • 虚栄心 noun (excessive pride)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • атаққұмарлық noun (excessive pride)

Khmer

2 entries
  • តុច្ចភាព noun (excessive pride)
  • អភិមាន noun (excessive pride)

Korean

2 entries
  • 허영 noun (excessive pride)
  • 허영심 noun (excessive pride)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • менменсингендик noun (excessive pride)

Ladino

2 entries
  • envanesyimento noun (excessive pride)
  • vanidad noun (excessive pride)

Latin

1 entries
  • vānitās noun (excessive pride)

Latvian

4 entries
  • augstprātība noun (excessive pride)
  • iedomība noun (excessive pride)
  • patmīlība noun (excessive pride)
  • uzpūtība noun (excessive pride)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tuštybė noun (excessive pride)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • суета noun (excessive pride)

Malay

1 entries
  • kesombongan noun (excessive pride)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പൊങ്ങച്ചം noun (excessive pride)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakatāupetang noun (that which is vain)
  • whakatāupetanga noun (excessive pride)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forfengelighet noun (excessive pride)

Persian

2 entries
  • عُجْب noun (excessive pride)
  • غُرور noun (excessive pride)

Polish

4 entries
  • marność noun (that which is vain)
  • próżność noun (that which is vain)
  • próżność noun (excessive pride)
  • próżność noun (emptiness)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • lavatório noun (bathroom furniture)
  • vaidade noun (that which is vain)
  • vaidade noun (excessive pride)
  • vazio noun (emptiness)

Romanian

3 entries
  • mândrie noun (excessive pride)
  • vanitate noun (excessive pride)
  • îngâmfare noun (excessive pride)

Russian

4 entries
  • бесполе́зность noun (that which is vain)
  • суета́ noun (excessive pride)
  • тще́тность noun (that which is vain)
  • тщесла́вие noun (excessive pride)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • vanidàde noun (excessive pride)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • dìomhanas noun (excessive pride)
  • faoineas noun (excessive pride)
  • uaill noun (excessive pride)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • slavoljublje noun (excessive pride)
  • sùjeta noun (excessive pride)
  • visokoumlje noun (excessive pride)
  • високоумље noun (excessive pride)

Slovak

4 entries
  • domýšľavosť noun (excessive pride)
  • márnivosť noun (excessive pride)
  • márnosť noun (that which is vain)
  • samoľúbosť noun (excessive pride)

Slovene

2 entries
  • domišljavost noun (excessive pride)
  • ničevost noun (that which is vain)

Spanish

4 entries
  • lavatorio noun (bathroom furniture)
  • palanganero noun (bathroom furniture)
  • vanidad noun (that which is vain)
  • vanidad noun (excessive pride)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fåfänga noun (excessive pride)
  • fåfänglighet noun (excessive pride)

Tajik

2 entries
  • шӯҳратпарастӣ noun (excessive pride)
  • ғурӯр noun (excessive pride)

Thai

3 entries
  • ความหยิ่ง noun (excessive pride)
  • ทิฐิ noun (excessive pride)
  • มาน noun (excessive pride)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gurur noun (excessive pride)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ма́рність noun (that which is vain)
  • марнолю́бство noun (excessive pride)
  • марносла́вство noun (excessive pride)

Urdu

3 entries
  • عُجْب noun (excessive pride)
  • غُرُور noun (excessive pride)
  • گَھمَنْڈ noun (excessive pride)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • gʻurur noun (excessive pride)
  • manmanlik noun (excessive pride)
  • shuhratparastlik noun (excessive pride)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cái hư ảo noun (excessive pride)
  • tính hư ảo noun (excessive pride)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwagedd noun (excessive pride)
  • oferedd noun (excessive pride)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.

Source: tatoeba (65033)

A man's vanity is his tenderest spot.

Source: tatoeba (65469)

I can't find my vanity case.

Source: tatoeba (250476)

His letter hurt Jane's vanity.

Source: tatoeba (286626)

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