Vanity
13 definitions retrieved  Vanity \Van"i*ty\, n.; pl. Vanities. [OE. vanite, F. vanit['e], L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. [1913 Webster] Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. --Eccl. i. 2. [1913 Webster] Here I may well show the vanity of that which is reported in the story of Walsingham. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. --Eccl. i. 2. [1913 Webster] Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] [Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled, That all her vanities at once are dead; Succeeding vanities she still regards. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5. [1913 Webster] You . . . take vanity the puppet's part. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. same as dressing table. [PJC] 6. A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers. [PJC] Syn: Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness; self-sufficiency. See Egotism, and Pride. [1913 Webster] Dressing table \Dressing table\, n. a table, usually having a vertical back piece containing a mirror, at which a person may sit while dressing or applying makeup, and on which articles for the toilet stand. It often has drawers for toiletries, clothing, or accessories. It is also called a vanity or vanity table. [PJC]  vanity n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn: amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity] 2: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness] 3: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride [syn: conceit, conceitedness, vanity] [ant: humbleness, humility] 4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup [syn: dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table]  VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass. They say that hens do cackle loudest when There's nothing vital in the eggs they've laid; And there are hens, professing to have made A study of mankind, who say that men Whose business 'tis to drive the tongue or pen Make the most clamorous fanfaronade O'er their most worthless work; and I'm afraid They're not entirely different from the hen. Lo! the drum-major in his coat of gold, His blazing breeches and high-towering cap -- Imperiously pompous, grandly bold, Grim, resolute, an awe-inspiring chap! Who'd think this gorgeous creature's only virtue Is that in battle he will never hurt you? Hannibal Hunsiker  vanity [vænitiː] Einbildung; Eitelkeit  vanity [vænitiː] futilité; vanité  vanity hiábavalóság hiúság öltözôasztal  vanity [vænitiː] ijdelheid; nietigheid  vanity Einbildung f vanity Eitelkeit f vanity [Am.] Frisierkommode f vanity Nichtigkeit f; Vergeblichkeit f  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "vanity": 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 Vanity related |
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