vainglory
Ostentatious self-admiration
Vainglory is excessive pride in oneself, especially pride that is displayed ostentatiously to others.
The word combines vain (empty, worthless) with glory, suggesting that the pride is unwarranted or based on nothing of real substance.
Someone guilty of vainglory boasts about achievements or qualities that don't merit such attention.
His vainglory was evident in the way he dropped names and exaggerated his accomplishments.
The adjective form is vainglorious.
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
self-importance · pomposity · overconfidence · immodesty · self-aggrandizement · boastfulness · swaggering · self-exaltation
Ostentatious display quality
- displayPresentation for viewing
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- spectacleVisually striking event
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
flaunting · peacocking · exhibitionism · flashiness · gaudiness · pretentiousness · grandiosity · pomp
Reflective viewing surface
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissusSpring-blooming amaryllis relative
- appearanceOutward visible form
grooming · self-regard · attention-seeking · fishing for compliments · flattery · approval-seeking · adulation · sycophancy
Holding nothing inside
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- superficialLacking depth or substance
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
fleeting · unfulfilling · worthless · fruitless · futile · transient · illusory · delusion
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
haughtiness · self-importance · pomposity · overconfidence · immodesty · self-aggrandizement · boastfulness · swaggering · self-exaltation · presumption
showiness
Ostentatious display quality
- displayPresentation for viewing
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- spectacleVisually striking event
grandstanding · flaunting · peacocking · exhibitionism · flashiness · gaudiness · pretentiousness · grandiosity · pomp · splendor
mirror
Reflective viewing surface
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-admirationExcessive regard for oneself
- narcissusSpring-blooming amaryllis relative
appearance · grooming · self-regard · attention-seeking · fishing for compliments · flattery · approval-seeking · adulation · sycophancy · fawning
empty
Holding nothing inside
- meaninglessLacking significance or purpose
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- superficialLacking depth or substance
ephemeral · fleeting · unfulfilling · worthless · fruitless · futile · transient · illusory · delusion · mirage
- deadly sinspride, sloth, lust, gluttony, greed
- vanityconceit, narcissism, ego, self-admiration, self-love
- narcissismnarcissist, narcissistic personality disorder, ego, self-love, arrogance
- moral theologyconscience, mortal sin, venial sin, natural law, moral law
- showoffsshowoff, show-off, braggart, bragger, boaster
- egoego, egoism, big ego, egotism, egocentrism
vaingloryhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · meekness · self-effacement · diffidence
vainglorymodesty
Absence of vanity
demureness · bashfulness · shyness · reticence · reserve