Vanity

Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
  • (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
  • (n.) That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
  • (n.) One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.

Compare vanity with other words:

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smugness vs. vanity

charity vs. vanity

bureau vs. vanity

valuable vs. vanity

futility vs. vanity

futile vs. vanity

pompous vs. vanity

lie vs. vanity

dresser vs. vanity

conceitedness vs. vanity

haughty vs. vanity

portentous vs. vanity

bloat vs. vanity

flatter vs. vanity

vainglorious vs. vanity

vainglory vs. vanity

narcissism vs. vanity

conceit vs. vanity

bench vs. vanity

chair vs. vanity

mirror vs. vanity

drawer vs. vanity

desk vs. vanity

coif vs. vanity

preen vs. vanity

makeup vs. vanity

egotism vs. vanity

bouncer vs. vanity

vain vs. vanity

boaster vs. vanity

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