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   vainglorious

   /veɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain: literary "this vainglorious boast of personal infallibility"

   Derivatives

   • 1. vaingloriously adverb
   • 2. vaingloriousness noun

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   Vainglorious means being vain and boastful, showing vainglory. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of this adjective from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Vainglorious means showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements. Learn how to use this formal adjective with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Vainglorious means showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements. Learn how to use this formal adjective with sentences and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Vainglorious definition: filled with or given to vainglory. See examples of VAINGLORIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Definition of vainglorious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Vainglorious people are vain, excessively boastful, and have swelled pride. The base word, vainglory , dates all the way back to the 14th century and means “worthless glory.” Definitions of vainglorious

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishVAINGLORIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Vainglorious means very proud of what one has done and boastful about it. Learn the word origin, synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of vainglorious with sentences from literature and Wikipedia.