vainglorious in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for vainglorious in the English»Italian Dictionary

vainglorious [Brit veɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs, Am ˌveɪnˈɡlɔriəs] ADJ liter

vainglorious person

vanaglorioso

vainglorious boast, assessment, ambition

presuntuoso, pieno di boria

Translations for vainglorious in the Italian»English Dictionary

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vanaglorioso

vainglorious liter

vainglorious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for vainglorious in the English»Italian Dictionary

vainglorious [ˌveɪn·ˈglɔ:·ri·əs] ADJ form

vainglorious

vanaglorioso, -a

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In these satires the franc-archer is portrayed as vainglorious, cowardly and militarily useless.

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With such revered origins - not to mention the vainglorious nature of the title - one would expect a modern masterpiece.

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I am not arguing here for a vainglorious effort to regain great-power status.

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He didn't cling onto some unfettered idea of a vainglorious oasis off in the horizon.

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Many concert goers continued to cheer loudly for the formulaic, vainglorious, and inevitable encore long after she should have returned.

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He is vainglorious, vindictive, and vicious.

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It has been tried by fools for centuries and it always turns out to be vainglorious rubbish.

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Were the expeditions the reflections of the thirst for knowledge or a vainglorious desire to be "first"?

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We cavalierly leave our children deeply in debt in our vainglorious and futile struggle to hold onto our broken bodies and minds.

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It is trapped, instead, in a vainglorious moment of self-congratulation.

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