vanity
US: /ˈvænəti/, /ˈvænɪti/
UK: /vˈænɪti/
UK: /vˈænɪti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
vanity /'væniti/
- danh từ
- tính hư ảo; cái hư ảo
- chuyện phù hoa, hư danh
- these things are vanity: những cái đó là những chuyện phù hoa
- tính kiêu căng, lòng tự cao tự đại; sự hợm mình
- to say without vanity: nói không kiêu căng
- out of vanity: vì kiêu căng
- (như) vanity_bag
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bàn trang điểm
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun (plural vanities)
1 [U] (disapproving) too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements: She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance). + The invitation to head the committee flattered his vanity and he agreed.
See also -
2 [U] (literary) the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important: the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
3 (vanities) [pl.] behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity: Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians.
4 [C] (AmE) = DRESSING TABLE
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 conceit, conceitedness, egotism, narcissism, arrogance, cockiness, self-importance, vainglory, haughtiness, pride, self-admiration, self-worship, Colloq swell-headedness, big-headedness:
It is disgraceful what some people do to satisfy their vanity.
2 vainness, emptiness, hollowness, worthlessness, futility, unreality, bootlessness, pointlessness, uselessness, folly, vapidity, silliness, vacuousness, vacuity, foolishness, fatuity, frivolousness:
The vanity of trying to complete the book in a year must be obvious by now.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great | female, human, male, personal
VERB + VANITY
appeal to, flatter
My suggestion appealed to her vanity.
Concise English dictionary
vanities'vænətɪ
noun
+feelings of excessive pride
+the quality of being valueless or futile
+the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
+low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
