vainglorious
adjective
vain·glo·ri·ous
ˌvān-ˈglȯr-ē-əs 
vaingloriously
adverb
vaingloriousness
noun
Examples of vainglorious in a Sentence
a vainglorious woman who always insists on being the center of attention
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Too many American leaders seem more focused on the vainglorious posturing that too often leads to armed conflict.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
Hwang’s vainglorious campaign underscores his later experience producing his next play, Face Value, and facing the death of his father, Henry Yuan Hwang (HYH), a patriotic immigrant and founder of Far East National Bank.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 May 2025
Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine guzzling faux-intellectual whose devotion to the acting craft is presented as a vainglorious affectation.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The name is meant to evoke Theodore Roosevelt’s vainglorious 1898 cavalry charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2025
Hwang’s vainglorious campaign underscores his later experience producing his next play, Face Value, and facing the death of his father, Henry Yuan Hwang (HYH), a patriotic immigrant and founder of Far East National Bank.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 May 2025
Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine guzzling faux-intellectual whose devotion to the acting craft is presented as a vainglorious affectation.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
The name is meant to evoke Theodore Roosevelt’s vainglorious 1898 cavalry charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Vainglorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vainglorious. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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vainglorious
adjective
vain·glo·ri·ous
(ˈ)vān-ˈglōr-ē-əs
-ˈglȯr-
: being vain and boastful : showing vainglory
vaingloriously
adverb
vaingloriousness
noun
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