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vainglorious

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/
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  • rhymes with -ɔːɹiəs

1

adj

Meaning 1

Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

feeling self-importance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • too big for his britches
  • had a swelled head
  • he was swelled with pride

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big, swelled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: փառամոլ (pʻaṙamol) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Bulgarian: суетен (sueten) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Bulgarian: тщесла́вен (tštesláven) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非常自負 /非常自负 (fēicháng zìfù) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Czech: zpupný — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Czech: chvástavý — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Dutch: verwaand — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Finnish: turhamainen — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Finnish: turhantärkeä — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Finnish: tyhmänylpeä — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • French: orgueilleux — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • French: vaniteux — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • French: fanfaron — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Middle French: vainglorieux — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Georgian: პატივმოყვარე (ṗaṭivmoq̇vare) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Georgian: დიდების მოყვარე (didebis moq̇vare) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • German: hochmütig — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • German: dünkelhaft — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • German: aufgeblasen — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • German: prahlerisch — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (flauts) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Greek: ματαιόδοξος (mataiódoxos) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Ancient Greek: κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Ancient Greek: πέρπερος (pérperos) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Italian: vanaglorioso — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Portuguese: vanglorioso — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Russian: тщесла́вный (tščeslávnyj) — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: vanidoso — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: soberbio — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: fachendoso — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: perdonavidas — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: fanfarrón — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride
  • Spanish: vanaglorioso — with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride