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Vainglory

Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.

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Conceit 76% connected

That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

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Conceitedness 76% connected

The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.

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Vanity 76% connected

The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

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Vainglorious 74% connected

Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

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Vainglorious 74% connected

Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

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Air noun · 78% connection

An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs.

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Arrogance noun · 78% connection

The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant cl…

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Arrogantly adverb · 78% connection

In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.

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Arrogate verb · 78% connection

To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to…

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Azedarach noun · 78% connection

A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and B…

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Bluster noun · 78% connection

vain and empty boasting

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Boast verb · 78% connection

To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

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Braggadocio noun · 78% connection

vain and empty boasting

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Braggardism noun · 78% connection

Boastfulness; act of bragging.

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Clericalism noun · 78% connection

An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

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Coquette noun · 78% connection

A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied al…

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Drain verb · 78% connection

To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutter…

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Elatedly adverb · 78% connection

With elation.

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Empty superl. · 78% connection

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosu…

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Evacuate verb · 78% connection

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

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Extortion noun · 78% connection

The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: excessive, vanity, excited, performances, empty.
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Flatulent adjective · 78% connection

Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.

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form noun · 78% connection

Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter o…

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