vainglorious.

Excessively proud of one's achievements or importance and eager for admiration.

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Words that belong together

• vainglorious boast
• vainglorious display

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A vainglorious boast announced his arrival before he entered.

The memorial became a vainglorious display of the donor's name.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more vainglorious; superlative most vainglorious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.