Definition of vain

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Vain (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

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Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Frustraneous :: Frustraneous (a.) Vain; useless; unprofitable.
Glorious :: Glorious (n.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
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..
Vainness :: Vainness (n.) The quality or state of being vain.
Nugatory :: Nugatory (a.) Trifling; vain; futile; insignificant.
Chimerical :: Chimerical (a.) Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects..
Boastful :: Boastful (a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising..
Chimerically :: Chimerically (adv.) Wildy; vainly; fancifully.
Idly :: Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Vaniloquence :: Vaniloquence (n.) Vain or foolish talk.
Vauntful :: Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash..
Jactitation :: Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Boteless :: Boteless (a.) Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless.
Fanfaronade :: Fanfaronade (n.) A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.
Fangled :: Fangled (a.) New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled..
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