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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Vanities (0.02627 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Vanities.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: vanity
keangkuhan, kesia-siaan, kesombongan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: vanity
vanity
n 1: feelings of excessive pride [syn:
amour propre,
conceit,
self-love]
2: the quality of being valueless or futile;
“he rejected the
vanities of the world” [syn:
emptiness]
3: the trait of being vain and conceited [syn:
conceit]
4: low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while
dressing or applying makeup [syn:
dressing table,
dresser,
toilet table]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vanities
Vanity
\Van"i*ty\, n.; pl.
Vanities. [OE. vanite, vanit['e],
L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See
Vain.]
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1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to
satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness;
falsity.
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
vanities; all is vanity. --Eccl. i. 2.
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Here I may well show the vanity of that which is
reported in the story of Walsingham. --Sir J.
Davies.
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2. An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride
inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal
attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice
or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
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The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was
galled. --Macaulay.
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3. That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or
unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor
productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle
show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. --Eccl. i.
2.
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Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the
certainty of things to come. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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[Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men.
--Milton.
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Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled,
That all her vanities at once are dead;
Succeeding vanities she still regards. --Pope.
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4. One of the established characters in the old moralities
and puppet shows. See
Morality, n., 5.
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You . . . take vanity the puppet's part. --Shak.
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5. same as
dressing table.
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6. A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a
countertop and sometimes drawers.
[PJC]
Syn: Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness;
self-sufficiency. See
Egotism, and
Pride.
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