Meaning & Definition of Vanity in English
English⟶
Vanity
/vænəti/
noun
1. Feelings of excessive pride
synonym:
- amour propre,
- conceit,
- self-love,
- vanity
2. The quality of being valueless or futile
- "He rejected the vanities of the world"
synonym:
- vanity,
- emptiness
3. The trait of being unduly vain and conceited
- False pride
synonym:
- conceit,
- conceitedness,
- vanity
4. Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
synonym:
- dressing table,
- dresser,
- vanity,
- toilet table
Examples of using
The desire for love to be mutual does not belong to love but to vanity.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.