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Vainglory

Vainglory meaning

Excessive vanity. | Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities. | Vain, ostentatious display.

Synonyms of Vainglory

Example sentences (7)

Detail of Pride from The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymous Bosch, c. 1500 Vainglory main Vainglory (Latin, vanagloria main) is unjustified boasting.

He could, however, gain vainglory and self-exaltation by murdering as many Palestinians as possible to satisfy the unquenchable vengeful Israeli culture.

Segerstrale said the company is shifting from the “mobile-first” strategy that served it well with Vainglory to a “cloud-first” strategy with Spellfire.

Ever enshrined in the hearts of Israel was the hope that Zion might be restored, not for their own pride or vainglory, but as a living witness to the truth of Thy word which shall lead the nations to peace.

On mobile, it was Vainglory who blazed the trail to make MOBAs a cash cow, especially in the East.

Elizabeth had good reason not to place too much trust in her commanders, who once in action tended, as she put it herself, "to be transported with an haviour of vainglory".

Oxford English dictionary As a result of these semantic changes, vainglory has become a rarely used word in itself, and is now commonly interpreted as referring to vanity (in its modern narcissistic sense).