vainglorious

Meaning

Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Synonyms

conceited

boastful

vain

braggart

haughty

arrogant

big

ostentatious

proud

stuck-up

swelled

contemptuous

crowing

egoistic

egoistical

egotistical

flashy

flaunty

affected

highfalutin

holier-than-thou

insolent

bold

overbearing

overweening

peacock

🦚

pompous

pretentious

windy

puffed up

qualities

rodomontade

scornful

self-complacent

self-conceited

self-righteous

smug

snob

splendid

big-headed

full of oneself

tawdry

thrasonical

bucko

cock-a-hoop

complacent

brash

Translations

vaniteux

ματαιόδοξος

orgueilleux

vanaglorioso

mağrur

υπερήφανος

fachendoso

fanfaron

prahlerisch

vanglorioso

hochmütig

glorreich

δοξασμένος

επαρμένος

مزهو

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: veinglorious

In summary

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