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To be vainglorious means to excessively boast or brag about oneself, often in an attempt to gain admiration or attention from others. It involves an exaggerated sense of one's own abilities or achievements.

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How do you use the word vainglorious in a sentence?

Vainglorious is an antique word for self promotion, boastfulness in one's self. It means to do things for glory and self promotion."Britney Spears shaved her head in a vainglorious attempt to restart her career.""Jake injured himself in a vainglorious attempt to impress Valerie."


What is meant by the phrase vain inglorious?

You may mean Vainglorious, from the 1470's meaning a pride over one's achievement's. Also, was known in Medieval Latin as Vana Gloria .


What does supercillious mean?

It means assuming or displaying an attitude, or air, of contemptuous indifference or superiority. Cats sometimes appear to be supercilious!


How did Hobbes think about Man kind?

Hobbes does not have a good view on mankind. He thinks that mankind is selfish, cowardly and vainglorious.


Could you give me a sentence using the word vaingloriuos?

This school athlete became even more vainglorious after winning this small race.


What can the human race or mankind be called?

As a species, we give ourselves the rather vainglorious name Homo sapiens (wise man).


Compound word that starts with v?

There are many words that begin with the letter v. However, there are no words in the English language that begin with v and also end with the letter v.


How can you put pomp in a sentence?

Pomp is a noun that means a magnificent or splendorous display, or an ostentatious display. It can also refer to a procession or pageant. Example sentences: Her fiance was dismayed by the vainglorious pomp she planned for their wedding. The stately pomp would be remembered for years, especially the overabundance of floral displays.


Did anything happen in the temple of Artemis?

The "Croesus" Temple was destroyed on July 21, 356 BC, probably very soon after its completion, in a vainglorious act of arson: one Herostratus set fire to the roof-beams, seeking fame at any cost, thus the term herostratic fame.


What is another word for conceited?

vain, narcissistic, self-centered, egotistic, egotistical, egocentric, proud, arrogant, boastful, self-important, immodest, swaggering, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, haughty, snobbish, bigheaded, stuck-up, uppity, snotty, vainglorious


Is vanity an adjective?

No. Vanity is a noun. The adjective form is vain.(The adjective vainglorious is based on the seldom used noun vainglory.)The noun 'vanity' is sometimes used as an adjective to describe another noun (vanity mirror or vanity plate). This function is called an attributive noun or noun adjunct that forms a compound noun.


What movie and television projects has Stephanie Greenquist been in?

Stephanie Greenquist has: Played Sarah in "The Last Day of Heaven" in 2005. Played Model in "Dirt" in 2007. Played Steph in "Steph and Lance Go to Compton" in 2011. Played Various in "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" in 2013. Played Stephanie in "VainGlorious" in 2013.