vanity
pronunciation
How to pronounce vanity in British English:
UK [ˈvænəti]
How to pronounce vanity in American English:
US [ˈvænəti]
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- Noun:
- feelings of excessive pride
- the quality of being valueless or futile
- the trait of being vain and conceited
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
Word Origin
- vanity
- vanity: see vain
- vanity (n.)
- c. 1200, "that which is vain, futile, or worthless," from Old French vanite "self-conceit; futility; lack of resolve" (12c.), from Latin vanitatem (nominative vanitas) "emptiness, aimlessness; falsity," figuratively "vainglory, foolish pride," from vanus "empty, vain, idle" (see vain). Meaning "self-conceited" in English is attested from mid-14c. Vanity table is attested from 1936. Vanity Fair is from "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678).
Synonym
dash braggadocio pageantry frippery array boastfulness foppishness hauteur smugness swagger fanfare brazenness show-off affectation parade pride bumptiousness self ostentation pomposity shamelessness fanfaronade arrogance airs haughtiness pretentiousness pretension glitter display show pomp bombast coxcombry flourish boast showiness importance bravado
Antonym
Example
- 1. My poet 's vanity dies in shame before thy sight .
- 2. What women mistake for infidelity is usually no more than vanity .
- 3. This isn 't simply vanity but a deep , instinctive urge .
- 4. The second danger lies in the vanity of philanthropists .
- 5. This is a film about women in all their vanity insecurity ugliness beauty and frustration .