VAINGLORIOUSNESS Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

vaingloriousness

noun

as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements a tiresome vaingloriousness that manifested itself in the old general's incessant boasting about his battlefield victories

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Noun

The interest in treating hair loss extends beyond bathroom vanity.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026
Soll got permission to retile a bathroom and install a new vanity.

— Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of vanity

Noun

There’s a lot of pride in winning the conference championship.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Our community is dying; there’s an underlying sense of desperation, grief and pride that can both protect and suffocate out of a need to survive – this film is ultimately a love letter to us, with a sense of knowing.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of pride

Noun

But Edna soon became a case study in exorbitant amour propre, lampooning suburban pretensions, political correctness and the cult of celebrity, and acquiring a damehood along the way.

— Margalit Fox, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
White is Smart Lite without the emotional volatility and ever-present amour propre.

— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022

Definition of amour propre

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But the Workers’ Party (PT) leader, who was accused of arrogance and of failing to understand the needs of young gig-economy workers, shook up his strategy, said Igor Gielow in Folha de São Paulo.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 31 Oct. 2026
McVay and Snead have effectively built a culture of arrogance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrogance

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