vainglorious
adjectiveHow many syllables in vainglorious?
There are 4 syllables in the word vainglorious.How to pronounce vainglorious:
Definition of vainglorious:
- vainglorious (adjective):
- marked by vainglory boastful
- adjective. feeling self-importance.
- offensively self-assertive or conceited
Synonyms for vainglorious:
arrogant
assured
big
biggety
biggity
bigheaded
blusterous
boastful
boasting
bombastic
braggart
bragging
bumptious
cavalier
cocky
complacent
conceited
confident
consequential
domineering
egoistic
egoistical
egotistic
egotistical
haughty
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Antonyms for vainglorious:
acquiescent
anxious
apologetic
apprehensive
bashful
below
beneath
biddable
blushing
cautious
compliant
courteous
cowering
cringing
deferential
demure
deprecating
diffident
discontent
discontented
discreet
dissatisfied
docile
down-to-earth
effacing
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- dissimilar
- mercilessly
- felicitate
- disputable
- enviable
- peacefulness
- impractical
- enigmatic
- cotyledon
- economize
- unfeasible
- respectable
- epistaxis
- tumultuous
- preferable
- tragically
- deciduous
- unprivileged
- unfaithfulness
- analgesic
- debateable
- leviathan
- jovially
- ceremony
- Pinocchio
- amendable
- unparalleled
- impregnable
- pernicious
- diversify
- capacity
- lavatory
- homogeny
- demarcations
- fathomable
- conglomerate
- astonishing
- meaningfully
- explicitly
- trisyllabic
- overstatement
- serviceable
- orderliness
- salacious
- unflattering
- rumination
- acuity
- constituted
- immensity
- suavity
- … more
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