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vainglory

/veyn-glawr-ee, -glohr-ee, veyn-glawr-ee, -glohr-ee/US // ˈveɪnˌglɔr i, -ˌgloʊr i, veɪnˈglɔr i, -ˈgloʊr i //UK // (ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪ) //

虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣

Related Words

condescension居高临下,屈尊俯就,屈尊,屈尊降贵presumption推定,假设,假定,推断haughtiness傲慢,傲慢无礼,傲慢的态度,傲慢态度huff愠怒,哼,哼哼,哼哼唧唧conceit构想,构思,观念,自负self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿egoism利己主义,自负主义,自负论,唯我独尊arrogance傲慢,傲慢的态度,傲慢自大,傲慢无礼patronage赞助人,赞助,资助人,赞助费overconfidence过度自信,过分自信,过于自信,太过自信pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定egotism自负主义,利己主义,自负,自负心态vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强cockiness嚣张气焰,狂妄自大,傲慢,狂妄smugness自鸣得意,自以为是,得意洋洋,得意忘形boastfulness浮夸风,浮夸,浮夸之风,吹嘘bragging吹牛,吹嘘,吹牛的人,吹捧swelled head膨胀的头,膨胀的头部,肿胀的头,浮肿的头

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
    • : empty pomp or show.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpride
Synonyms
arrogance傲慢,傲慢的态度,傲慢自大,傲慢无礼boastfulness浮夸风,浮夸,浮夸之风,吹嘘bragging吹牛,吹嘘,吹牛的人,吹捧cockiness嚣张气焰,狂妄自大,傲慢,狂妄conceit构想,构思,观念,自负condescension居高临下,屈尊俯就,屈尊,屈尊降贵egoism利己主义,自负主义,自负论,唯我独尊egotism自负主义,利己主义,自负,自负心态haughtiness傲慢,傲慢无礼,傲慢的态度,傲慢态度huff愠怒,哼,哼哼,哼哼唧唧overconfidence过度自信,过分自信,过于自信,太过自信patronage赞助人,赞助,资助人,赞助费presumption推定,假设,假定,推断pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大smugness自鸣得意,自以为是,得意洋洋,得意忘形snobbery势利眼,势利小人,势力范围,势利眼儿swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强big-headedness头脑发胀,头脑发达,头脑发热,头脑发昏strutting大摇大摆的,大摇大摆,大摇大摆地swelled head膨胀的头,膨胀的头部,肿胀的头,浮肿的头

Examples

  • Suspicion and vainglory, as Ronald Grigor Suny shows, were present from the start in Stalin’s approach to politics.

  • It seems like teenage vainglory: I can hear the Megadeth tape blasting in his yellow 1979 Le Mans from a block away.

  • Vainglory is not nearly so bad in a private person or even in an official as it is in a minister.

  • To desire vainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises another he tells lies.

  • France, by vainglory and the old literary pretensions of Anjou, had also a balancing claim upon Italy.

  • A contemptuous designation, expressive of the combination of folly and vainglory.

  • I wish you well, for a pride founded on self-respect is pleasing in mine eyes; but take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory.

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