vanity (Meaning)
vanity (n)
feelings of excessive pride
the quality of being valueless or futile
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
vanity (n.)
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
Synonyms & Antonyms of vanity
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Synonyms:
- bighead
- amour propre
- conceit
- complacency
- smugness
- self-opinion
- self-admiration
- self-glory
- swelled head
- pompousness
- assurance
- superiority
- self-esteem
- egotism
- self-conceit
- self-love
- conceitedness
- self-importance
- pomposity
- confidence
- vainglory
- self-satisfaction
- complacence
- vaingloriousness
- self-congratulation
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Synonyms:
- swellheadedness
- self-righteousness
- haughtiness
- presumption
- self-respect
- lordliness
- pretentiousness
- disdainfulness
- snobbishness
- overconfidence
- egoism
- pretence
- self-confidence
- self-centeredness
- imperiousness
- selfishness
- self-assertion
- self-pride
- hubris
- pretension
- self-assumption
- pretense
- self-assurance
- superciliousness
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vanity Sentence Examples
- The mirror's vanity reflected her self-obsession.
- Her vanity prompted her to spend extravagant amounts on makeup and designer clothes.
- The vanity of youth masked the inevitable passage of time.
- He possessed an inflated vanity that blinded him to his shortcomings.
- The vanity of the peacock's tail feathers served as a deterrent to predators.
- Social media had become a platform for rampant vanity.
- TheVanity Fair magazine chronicled the glamorous lives of the elite.
- The vanity of the wealthy divided society into classes.
- A humble vanity had replaced his former arrogance.
- The vanity project consumed vast resources with little practical benefit.
FAQs About the word vanity
feelings of excessive pride, the quality of being valueless or futile, the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride, low table with mirror or mirro
pridefulness, arrogance,ego, vainness, pride, bighead, amour propre, conceit, complacency, smugness
diffidence, humility, diffidence,humility, humbleness, modesty, modesty, humbleness, shyness, timidity
The mirror's vanity reflected her self-obsession.
Her vanity prompted her to spend extravagant amounts on makeup and designer clothes.
The vanity of youth masked the inevitable passage of time.
He possessed an inflated vanity that blinded him to his shortcomings.
