Ordbok

1 oppslag funnet for vanity:

Søkeinstillinger

Søkemodus:	Avansert Enkel
Vis synonymer, antonymer, avledende ord etc:	ja nei
Vis resultater for disse språkene:

Resultater funnet i engelsk ordbok

	vanity
	oppførsel [n]: forfengelighet [u], innbilskhet [u], hovmod [n], selvforguding [u]
	oppførsel [n]: vanidad [f], presunción [f], engreimiento [m], orgullo [m]
	oppførsel [n]: fåfänga [u], inbilskhet [u], högmod [n], självförgudning [u]

Synonymer:

[n]: amour propre, conceit, self-love, pride [gt], pridefulness [gt] [n]: emptiness, worthlessness [gt], ineptitude [gt] [n]: conceit, conceitedness, pride [gt] [n]: dressing table, dresser, toilet table, table [gt]

Avledede ord:

vanity box, vanity case, vanity fair

Wiki:

In conventional parlance, vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant futility. The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for vanity, but originally meant boasting in vain, i.e.

Eksempel:

Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault. The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity. A mans vanity is his tenderest spot. I cant find my vanity case. His letter hurt Janes vanity. Shes always looking at herself in the mirror - What vanity. She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity. Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off. Her vanity knows no bounds. It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of natures productions, either for beauty or value. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. How many men are there that wear a coat that cost a hundred francs, and carry a diamond in the head of their cane, and dine for twenty-five SOUS for all that! It seems as though we could never pay enough for the pleasures of vanity. Weve flattered the directors vanity. The vanity plate I want is not available. 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. In Arabic culture men say that the vanity is belong women.

Liknende ord:

	vacuity
	variety
	vanish
	vapiti
	vanry
	vant
	varita

Siste søk

#	Land	Term
1		atún
2		menú
3		allí
4		maní
5		avío
6		boíl
7		bli slapp
8		fête
9		avío
10		tatú
11		crío
12		oído
13		allí
14		anís
15		view as
16		afín
17		middle class
18		sloped

Sist i forumet

Lag et nytt innlegg

Lag et nytt innlegg