Vanagloria in english
Conceit
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
pronunciation: none part of speech: none
In gestures
vanagloria = ego-tripping ; bragging ; boasting ; vainglory ; vainness.
Example: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.Example: The war in Lebanon began with bragging and ended with bragging.Example: Boasting is like lying because you are not telling the truth about yourself.Example: In the play fragment mentioned above, Robin is captured almost certainly out of the foolishness of his vainglory -- a lesson to be brave but cautious and not to boast of one's accomplishments.Example: For some you will look like the sad culmination of vainness while others will admire you and think you are the coolest thing since sliced bread.vanagloriar
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» vanagloriarse = boast ; brag ; crow ; grandstand ; swank .
Example: In fact, he boasts that he knows more about library work than all of us who have our master's degrees put together. Example: While pirates and ancient mariners may have bragged about sailing the seven seas, the phrase is merely figurative. Example: New York City is crowing about the long-awaited arrival of a new biotech park. Example: Low key and humble, he would never be the type to grandstand and bluster about injustice. Example: Some of them were a little overbearing, but that was presumably because they were on home territory and liked swanking about it to others.