Definition for Vainglory:

• Vaingloryly.

Synonyms for Vainglory:

• n.

  •
  • egotism,
  • self-love,
  • ego.
  •conceit (noun)
  • study at pride.
  •egoism/egotism (noun)
  • self worship,
  • selfworships,
  • vauntings,
  • selfpossession,
  • over confidence,
  • over confidences,
  • self interest,
  • selfconfidence,
  • self possession,
  • self worships,
  • self-worships,
  • boastfulnesses,
  • selfinterests,
  • megalomanias,
  • self interests,
  • self confidence,
  • selfinterest,
  • self-interests,
  • selfworship,
  • over-confidences,
  • braggings,
  • preoccupation with selves,
  • conceitednesses,
  • swellheadednesses.
  •ego trip (noun)
  • self-aggrandizement,
  • self-praise.
  •ostentation (noun)
  • grandstand play,
  • flamboyance,
  • showiness,
  • garishness,
  • window-dressing.
  •pretension (noun)
  • phonies,
  • showboat,
  • hypocrisy,
  • showboats.
  •pretentiousness (noun)
  • pompousness,
  • grandioseness,
  • grandiosity.
  •pride (noun)
  • swagger,
  • haughtiness,
  • presumption,
  • patronage,
  • arrogance,
  • condescension,
  • huff,
  • cockiness,
  • proud flesh,
  • superbity,
  • swelled head,
  • bragging,
  • snobbery,
  • overconfidence,
  • Strutting,
  • big-headedness,
  • disdainfulness,
  • pragmatism.
  •self-absorption (noun)
  • self absorption,
  • selfabsorption.
  •self-centeredness (noun)
  • self centeredness,
  • selfcenteredness.
  •self-involvement (noun)
  • self involvement,
  • selfinvolvement.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Amour Propre.

Antonyms for Vainglory:

• n.

  • pride
    modesty, meekness, humility, truth.
  • Other antonyms:
    diffidence, bashfulness, humbleness, self-doubt, passivity, shyness, altruism, self-distrust, self-abasement, self-disgust, timidity, demureness, unselfishness, passiveness, timidness.

Vainglory Sentence Examples:

• Now, it may be said by way of preliminary generalisation that the life - history of the Chinese people and their culture is altogether the most imposing achievement which the records of mankind have to show; whereas the history of their successive alien establishments of mastery and usufruct is an unbroken sequence of incredibly shameful episodes, - always beginning in unbounded power and vainglory, running by way of misrule, waste and debauchery, to an inglorious finish in abject corruption and imbecility.

• But a pang of bodily suffering reminded him of the present and its ills, and the vainglory of brief exultation faded as quickly as it had assailed him; involuntarily his glance sought the sacred emblem of intercession.