'Vainglory' definitions:
Definition of 'vainglory'
From: WordNet
noun
Outspoken conceit [syn: boastfulness, vainglory]
Definition of 'Vainglory'
From: GCIDE
- Vainglory \Vain`glo"ry\, n. [Vain + glory.] Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness. [1913 Webster]
- He had nothing of vainglory. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vainglory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amour-propre,
- arrogance,
- autoeroticism,
- boastfulness,
- bombast,
- complacency,
- consequentiality,
- ego trip,
- egoism,
- egotism,
- exhibition,
- flaunting,
- haughtiness,
- narcism,
- narcissism,
- overproudness,
- overweening pride,
- pride,
- self-admiration,
- self-advertisement,
- self-advertising,
- self-applause,
- self-approbation,
- self-complacency,
- self-congratulation,
- self-consequence,
- self-content,
- self-delight,
- self-endearment,
- self-esteem,
- self-glorification,
- self-gratulation,
- self-importance,
- self-infatuation,
- self-laudation,
- self-love,
- self-praise,
- self-respect,
- self-satisfaction,
- self-sufficiency,
- self-vaunting,
- self-worship,
- smugness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainness,
- vanity