Vanity

Noun

 * 1) That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
 * 2) Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievements.
 * 3) A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors atop. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
 * 4) Emptiness.
 * 5)  Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
 * 6) * It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
 * 1) * It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.

Synonyms

 * conceit
 * egotism
 * narcissism
 * pride
 * See also Thesaurus:arrogance

Derived terms

 * vanity case

Related terms

 * vain

Adjectives for Vanity
flattering; awkward; fantastic; soothed; foolish; petty; violent; generous; roused; racial; inordinate; mundane; unpunctured; courageous; offensive; contemptible; amusing; ingenuous; artless; punctured; insatiable; reawakened; earthly; morbid; literary; innocent; wounded; motherly; restless; complacent; professed; chargeable; prodigious; colossal; selfish; sanguine; ingenious; offended; sheer; masculine; outworn; trampled; tedious; unconscious; ill-bred.

Verbs for Vanity
appease—; betray—; cater to—; conceal—; counteract—; down—; eradicate—; exhibit —; gratify—; humble—; indulge—; irritate —; loathe—; measure—; mollify—; pander to—; prick—; puncture—; ridicule—; ruffle —; satirize—; tickle—; yield to—; —angers; —cloys; —despoils; —diminishes; — functions; —nauseates; —operates; —repulses; —singes; —stirs.

Thesaurus
absurdity, aimlessness, amour propre, arrogance, autotheism, big deal, bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombast, bootlessness, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, cockiness, conceit, conceitedness, egotism, emptiness, face, fanfaronade, fatuity, fecklessness, flimsiness, folly, foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility, gasconade, gasconism, haughtiness, heroics, hollowness, idleness, impotence, inanity, independence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, inefficacy, jactation, jactitation, levity, lightness, meaninglessness, narcissism, nugacity, otiosity, pardonable pride, pointlessness, pride, pridefulness, profitlessness, proudness, purposelessness, purse-pride, rat race, rodomontade, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-confidence, self-consequence, self-esteem, self-importance, self-love, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficiency, self-worship, shallowness, side, silliness, slenderness, slightness, stiff-necked pride, stiff-neckedness, superficiality, swagger, the absurd, triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness, unproductiveness, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unreality, uselessness, vacuity, vacuousness, vainglory, vainness, valuelessness, vapidity, vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, vicious circle, worthlessness

Etymology
vanus: emptiness or a void - vanitas: vanity through vanité to Middle English.

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"v{n@ti/}}

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Afrikaans: ydelheid
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: սնափառություն
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 虛榮心, 虚荣心
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: vanteco
 * Finnish: turhamaisuus
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ματαιοδοξία


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 虚栄心
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: forfengelighet
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: uaill, dìomhanas , faoineas
 * Serbian: visokoumlje, sujeta , slavoljublje
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


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 * Armenian:
 * Finnish:


 * Polish: próżność