Definition of vain

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Vain (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt..

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Stud :: Stuck-up (a.) Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant..
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) 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..
Verbena :: Verbena (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
Nugatory :: Nugatory (a.) Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
Frustrate :: Frustrate (a.) Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.
Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
Vain :: Vain (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Perk :: Perk (a.) Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.
Jactitation :: Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Neuvaines :: Neuvaines (n. pl.) Prayers offered up for nine successive days.
Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..
Frustrately :: Frustrately (adv.) In vain.
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind..
Idly :: Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
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