What part of speech is vanity?

Vanity can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. vanity is a noun, singular of vanities.

Inflections

Noun

What does vanity mean?

Definitions

Noun

vanity - the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"
vanity - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
vanity - feelings of excessive pride
vanity - low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

Examples of vanity

#   Sentence  
1. noun There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.
2. noun A man's vanity is his tenderest spot.
3. noun I can't find my vanity case.
4. noun His letter hurt Jane's vanity.
5. noun She's always looking at herself in the mirror - What vanity.
6. noun She has begun to play tennis not so much out of curiosity as out of vanity.
7. noun Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
8. noun Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.
9. noun Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault.
10. noun Her vanity knows no bounds.
11. noun It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value.
12. noun 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.
13. noun 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.
14. noun We've flattered the director's vanity.
15. noun The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity.
Sentence  
noun
There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.
A man's vanity is his tenderest spot.
I can't find my vanity case.
His letter hurt Jane's vanity.
She's 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.
Laughter is the only cure against vanity, and vanity is the only laughable fault.
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 nature's 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.
We've flattered the director's vanity.
The vanity of others is only counter to our taste when it is counter to our vanity.

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