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Vanity meaning

  1. That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
  2. Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.
  3. A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.

Synonyms of Vanity

conceit pride toilet table dresser dressing table conceitedness ineptitude worthlessness emptiness pridefulness self-love amour propre table

Related words

Other words often associated with Vanity or its synonyms:

humility worth feeling furniture quality trope someone vacancy trait experience fare assistant

Using Vanity

  • The main meaning on this page is: That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit. | Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions. | A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
  • Useful related words include: conceit, pride, toilet table, dresser.
  • In the example corpus, vanity often appears in combinations such as: vanity fair, the vanity, vanity and.

Context around Vanity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

word 1× citation 1× sued 1× attended 1× 2008 1× monstrous 1× told 1×

Often after:

fair 9× extravagance 2× tour 2× means 1× pieces 1× led 1×

Sentence patterns with Vanity

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

46 told vanity fair scenes 1× according to vanity fair under 1× are just vanity pieces for 1× associated with vanity extravagance and 1× before his vanity led him 1× chaos and vanity and the 1× featured in vanity fair gq 1× france citation vanity fair libel 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a culture in 1× according to vanity 1× adams wrapped up 1× after weird al 1× an uncle of 1× and closing off 1×

Common sentence endings:

11 terrorist attacks 1× any time soon 1× assassination in 1979 1× body looks like 1× confusion and emptiness 1× extravagance and individualism 1×

Words around Vanity

Just before it in the word index:

vanities 32 vanitha 6 vanita 7 vanisova 3 vanishingly 27 vanishing 125

Just after it in the word index:

vaniyambadi 3 vanja 4 vanjaar 2 vanjie 2 vankar 3 vanke 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

bordering 368 breasts 368 bt 368 damp 368 deposition 368 discriminatory 368

Corpus analysis for Vanity

  • In this selection, "vanity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, word, citation, sued, fair, extravagance and tour stand out and add context to how "vanity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 46 told vanity fair scenes and according to vanity fair under. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "vanity" sits close to words such as bordering, breasts and bt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with vanity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

His issue of Vanity Fair hits newsstands January 24. (9 words)

How a lot would possibly this peculiar standing have broken Harry’s vanity? (13 words)

At this point they are just vanity pieces for lead footed and well heeled virtue signalers. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

An uncle of Prince Philip and a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, Mountbatten was a man of monstrous vanity and had reportedly been a target of the Provisional IRA long before his assassination in 1979. (38 words)

His vibrantly colorful portraits of Gayle King, Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift and their high-profile like have appeared on the cover of Time, and his images have also been featured in Vanity Fair, GQ, Rolling Stone and Esquire. (38 words)

I arrived at breakfast unslept but righteous, understanding of her no doubt complicated family dynamic and stressful job and vanity about her hair looking the way it did, to find she was not there. (34 words)

Question examples

How a lot would possibly this peculiar standing have broken Harry’s vanity? (13 words)

Exclamation examples

And closing off awards season, Quinta attended Vanity Fair's annual Oscar After Party wearing custom Dolce & Gabanna and she shut it down! (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

A culture in which everyone does what is right in their own eyes becomes a culture of two things: chaos and vanity and the word “vanity” means emptiness — confusion and emptiness.

Polanski holds dual citizenship with Poland and France. citation Vanity Fair libel case In 2004, Polanski sued Vanity Fair magazine in London for libel.

Vanity, extravagance, individualism In Europe and America, purple is the color most associated with vanity, extravagance, and individualism.

According to Vanity Fair, under the terms of the divorce settlement the model and actress was forbidden from giving story ideas to the Succession writers.

Adams wrapped up his 'vanity tour' of South and Central America calling for the right to work for migrants in the US.

After “Weird Al” Yankovic wraps his “vanity” tour in the isles next weekend, there’s no sign that the five-time Grammy-winning recording artist plans to slow down any time soon.

And closing off awards season, Quinta attended Vanity Fair's annual Oscar After Party wearing custom Dolce & Gabanna and she shut it down!

And now, 15 years after this 2008 Vanity Fair cover, Miley is looking back on it and revealing why the behind-the-scenes moments on the shoot were so important to her.

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An uncle of Prince Philip and a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, Mountbatten was a man of monstrous vanity and had reportedly been a target of the Provisional IRA long before his assassination in 1979.

At this point they are just vanity pieces for lead footed and well heeled virtue signalers.

Barr’s GOP colleague from North Carolina, Patrick McHenry, offered this appeal, somewhat more to the vanity of the ambitious politician.

Based partly on the Vanity Fair article “Rorschach and Awe” written by Katherine Eban, this film delves deep into the investigation of torture used by the CIA following the September 11 terrorist attacks.

But it was only a matter of time before his vanity led him to collide with the Papacy and protestants, with disastrous consequences.

Despite being friends for years before coming together for the project, Chastain, 46, told Vanity Fair: ‘Scenes From a Marriage was very tough.

From age four, she relished the chance to sit at her mother’s vanity and blissfully try on powder and makeup.

He said, "It's a slippery slope to put all your value into the vanity of what your body looks like.

His issue of Vanity Fair hits newsstands January 24.

His vibrantly colorful portraits of Gayle King, Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift and their high-profile like have appeared on the cover of Time, and his images have also been featured in Vanity Fair, GQ, Rolling Stone and Esquire.

How a lot would possibly this peculiar standing have broken Harry’s vanity?

I arrived at breakfast unslept but righteous, understanding of her no doubt complicated family dynamic and stressful job and vanity about her hair looking the way it did, to find she was not there.

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Common combinations with vanity

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "vanity" in a sentence?
An example: "A culture in which everyone does what is right in their own eyes becomes a culture of two things: chaos and vanity and the word “vanity” means emptiness — confusion and emptiness." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "vanity" from authentic English texts.
What does "vanity" mean?
Vanity means: That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
What are synonyms of "vanity"?
Common synonyms of "vanity" include: conceit, pride, toilet table, dresser, dressing table, conceitedness, ineptitude, worthlessness. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "vanity" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "vanity", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.