In this page you can discover 68 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ostentation, like:showiness, pompousness, vaunt, pageantry, vainglory, flashiness, exhibitionism, pomp, pomposity, parading and bravado. What does the word Scuppernongs mean? 1 :muscadineespecially ...
Extravagance and vanity had made him coldhearted and selfish. xū róng xīn 虚荣心 vainglory hào xū róng 好虚荣 like vanity dān chún chū yú xū róng 单纯出于虚荣 from mere vanity zhuī qiú xū róng 追求虚荣 pursue vanity bù mù xū róng 不慕虚荣 not affected by vanity...
Apple’s priority is more about making its devices look great than in the actual game revenues. This makes sense short term (dangerous long term?) but it’s a very hard one for newcomers and mid size developers. On the other hand it does mean that you do regularly see indie games get ...
in something related to us that is good. We can be proud of our family, our friends, and country, and our Church. Pride is a vice when the self seeks inordinate praise. Vainglory, boasting, inordinate ambition, and hypocrisy are obviously not virtues. They epitomize pride as a deadly ...
As we move toward the day when not a single participant remains alive to tell his tale, what does it mean for a nation to lose what has been deemed its greatest generation? Historians surely will soldier on without them. World War II may be mankind’s most documented event. The U.S....
One mistake is the pursuit of vainglory, as if anything shiny is true glory. This is the mistake of the young person lured away from his pilgrimage by the baubles of Vanity Fair. The fact that God wants us prospecting gold does not mean that we should return with our mules laden down ...
mean form of a coarse country wench, with cataracts in her eyes and a foul smell in her mouth; and when the perverse enchanter ventured to effect so wicked a transformation, it is no wonder if he effected that of Samson Carrasco and thy gossip in order to snatch the glory of victory ...