vainglorious

/ve‍ɪŋɡlˈɔːɹɪəs/

/veɪŋɡlˈoːɹɪəs/

[adjective]

vainglorious

[ADJECTIVE]

showing excessive pride in one's abilities or accomplishments

synonyms : big

swelled

Examples

1. To release us from this exhausting and vainglorious folly, religions used to kindly remind us, in the words of Ecclesiastes, that all is vanity.

2. I know you'll be glad to know-- not just to be vainglorious, I assure you, because you get particularly Russian websites saying, Gill Bennett has said X or Y. I mean, I never have, and there's nothing I can do about it.