vain
vain/vān/
adjective
- having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth."their flattery made him vain"synonyms: conceited, narcissistic, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-centered, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac, proud, haughty, arrogant, boastful, swaggering, imperious, overweening, cocky, affected, vainglorious, peacockish, think too highly of oneself, think a lot of oneself
- producing no result; useless."a vain attempt to tidy up the room"synonyms: futile, useless, pointless, worthless, nugatory, to no purpose, in vain, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, impotent, powerless, unavailing, to no avail, fruitless, profitless, unproductive, unsuccessful, failed, without success, abortive, misfired, thwarted, balked, frustrated, foiled, bootless
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The meaning of VAIN is having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited. How to use vain in a sentence.
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy. · overweening ; ineffectual or unsuccessful; ...
Synonyms for VAIN: smug, proud, arrogant, vainglorious, egotistical, egoistical, conceited, selfish; Antonyms of VAIN: humble, modest, timid, diffident, ...
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vain adjective (NOT SUCCESSFUL) ... unsuccessful; of no value: The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover. formal It was vain ...
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy. · proceeding from or showing pride in or ...