- vainglorious
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Vainglorious — Vain glo ri*ous, a. Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful. Arrogant and vainglorious expression. Sir M. Hale. {Vain glo ri*ous*ly}, adv. {Vain glo ri*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vainglorious — index grandiose, inflated (bombastic), orgulous, orotund, pretentious (pompous), proud (conce … Law dictionary
vainglorious — late 15c., from VAINGLORY (Cf. vainglory) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Vaingloriously; vaingloriousness … Etymology dictionary
vainglorious — proud, vain (see under PRIDE n) Analogous words: arrogant, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, insolent, *proud: boasting or boastful, bragging, vaunting, gas conading (see corresponding verbs at BOAST) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
vainglorious — [adj] boastful, proud arrogant, blowing one’s own horn*, boasting, bragging, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, haughty, high and mighty*, high handed*, huffy*, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up*, self… … New thesaurus
vainglorious — [vān glôr′ē əs] adj. [LME vanegloreous < ML vaniglorius: see VAINGLORY] 1. boastfully vain and proud of oneself 2. showing or characterized by boastful vanity vaingloriously adv. vaingloriousness n … English World dictionary
vainglorious — vaingloriously, adv. vaingloriousness, n. /vayn glawr ee euhs, glohr /, adj. 1. filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor. 2. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one s ability. [1470… … Universalium
vainglorious — [[t]veɪnglɔ͟ːriəs[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as vainglorious, you are critical of them because they are very proud of what they have done and boast a lot about it. [LITERARY] … English dictionary
vainglorious — vainglory ► NOUN literary ▪ excessive vanity. DERIVATIVES vainglorious adjective vaingloriously adverb … English terms dictionary
vainglorious boasting — index rodomontade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
vainglorious — adjective Date: 15th century marked by vainglory ; boastful • vaingloriously adverb • vaingloriousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
