Antonyms for vaingloriousness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : veyn-glawr-ee-uh s, -glohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : veɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr- |
Definition of vaingloriousness
Origin :- late 15c., from vainglory + -ous. Related: Vaingloriously; vaingloriousness.
- As in pretentiousness : noun self-importance
- They will put it all down to vaingloriousness and affectation.
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
- There was no thought of vaingloriousness or of posing as the victor.
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln » by George Haven Putnam
- Which showed the vaingloriousness of his character, for clearly he knew nothing about Jimmy Hacker.
- Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
- Why did the President put up so long with the vaingloriousness and ineffectiveness of McClellan?
- Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln » by George Haven Putnam
- With this was united a tendency at times to oscillate to the other extreme of vaingloriousness.
- Extract from : « Great Italian and French Composers » by George T. Ferris
Synonyms for vaingloriousness
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