vainglory
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vainglory \Vain`glo"ry\, n. [Vain + glory.]
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty
pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
[1913 Webster]
He had nothing of vainglory. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his
neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "vainglory":
amour-propre, arrogance, autoeroticism, boastfulness, bombast,
complacency, consequentiality, ego trip, egoism, egotism,
exhibition, flaunting, haughtiness, narcism, narcissism,
overproudness, overweening pride, pride, self-admiration,
self-advertisement, self-advertising, self-applause,
self-approbation, self-complacency, self-congratulation,
self-consequence, self-content, self-delight, self-endearment,
self-esteem, self-glorification, self-gratulation, self-importance,
self-infatuation, self-laudation, self-love, self-praise,
self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, self-vaunting,
self-worship, smugness, vaingloriousness, vainness, vanity
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