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   vain·glo·ri·ous

   /ˌvānˈɡlôrēəs/

   adjective

   • 1. excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain: literary "this vainglorious boast of personal infallibility"

   Derivatives

   • 1. vaingloriously adverb
   • 2. vaingloriousness noun

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   Vainglorious means being vain and boastful, showing vainglory. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of this adjective from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishVAINGLORIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Vainglorious means showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Vainglorious people are vain, excessively boastful, and have swelled pride. The base word, vainglory , dates all the way back to the 14th century and means “worthless glory.” Definitions of vainglorious

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   Vainglorious means showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements. Learn how to use this formal adjective with synonyms, antonyms, and sentences from various sources.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishVAINGLORIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Vainglorious means very proud of what one has done and boastful about it. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of vainglorious with sentences from Collins and Wikipedia.

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   Vainglorious definition: filled with or given to vainglory. See examples of VAINGLORIOUS used in a sentence.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › vaingloriousvainglorious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   Vainglorious means too proud of your own abilities or achievements. It is a literary, disapproving adjective that can be used to describe someone or something. See how to pronounce it, use it in sentences and find synonyms.