Thesaurus: vanity
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
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Definitions
- 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.
- n. feelings of excessive pride
- n. the quality of being valueless or futile
- n. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- n. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
- n:100 n. the quality of being valueless or futile