Vain

What do we mean by vain?

Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless. adjective

Lacking substance or worth. adjective

Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited. adjective

Foolish. adjective

(in vain) To no avail; without success. idiom

(in vain) In an irreverent or disrespectful manner. idiom

Having no real value or importance; worthless; unsubstantial; empty; trivial; idle.

Producing no good result; destitute of force or efficacy; fruitless; ineffectual; useless; futile; unavailing.

Light-minded; foolish; silly.

Proud of petty things or of trifling attainments or accomplishments; elated with a high opinion of one's personal appearance, manners, or the like; courting the admiration or applause of others; conceited; self-complacent; also, proceeding from or marked by such pride or conceit: as, to be vain of one's figure or one's dress.

Showy; ostentatious; pretentious.

Bootless, abortive.

See egotism.

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. adjective

Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual. adjective

Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. adjective

Showy; ostentatious. adjective

Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain. noun

See In vain. noun

To no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. noun

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.

Showy; ostentatious.

Someone who thinks this song is about them. Urban Dictionary

Excessively proud of their appearance; conceited, arrogant, narcissistic. Urban Dictionary

Vanity or being vain is when you think highly of yourself especially ones appearance (being very proud of yourself to a point of arrogance)...self love...conceited...being confident is one thing...being vain is another! Urban Dictionary

Something for which most people are too hypocritical to understand. It's also the reason beautiful people make more money and have more friends. Urban Dictionary

Someone who cares too much about themselves and their appearance Urban Dictionary

A person in love with their own looks. A mind-blowing imbecile who thinks they are way better looking or entertaining than they actually are. Urban Dictionary

Meaning not yielding the desired outcome, or fruitless... ok, that does make me feel better... but it seems to be fruitless... cuz i dont think ill ever get the desired outcome Urban Dictionary

Samuel mckerr ..............the one and only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Urban Dictionary

Something done for nothing, vainly Urban Dictionary

What vain really is,a someone who cares alot about themselves, has a mirror in hand at any given time. Cares alot about looks, always in style, usually come from a well off family with loads of money to spend on stupid brand name clothing, gucci hats and $400 shoes...Can be a girl or boy. People usually hate them since they feel so comfortable about themselves and others are just jealous.They think that their the best in everything and that theres always an easy way out because their dad or mommmy has a lot of money so they can always run to them. Vain teens usually have it best of things,cash,cars,clothing and easier than others, having expensive things to brag about. In short words, full of it, conceited,best friend is the mirror..and drug store and mall.....worships money... Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to vain:
vain.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word vain:
arrogant, selfish, persuade, convince, attempt, hope, glory, save, mirror, attempts, obtain, defend, poem.

Words that rhyme with vain:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe vain:
labour, poor, silly, grade, hamburgh, muhu, greedy.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective vain:
attempt, hope, attempts, man, effort, glory, efforts, thing, hopes, search, words, things, regrets, thoughts, endeavour, repetitions, desire, show, pursuit, woman, world, endeavor, imaginations, struggle, desires, regret, vaniteux, conceit, imaginings, imagination, ambition, boast, dream, philosophy, curiosity, dreams, confidence, expectation, repetition, will, person, endeavours, deceit, display, talk, conversation, shadow, boasting, quest, oblations, speculations, thought, pomp, persons, pride, pretence, fears, creature, fool, wish, pleasures, pursuits, fellow, promises, delusion, speculation, appeal, belief, fancies, task, struggles, illusion, amusements, endeavors, heart, love, word, resistance, look, ostentation, longing, expectations, shadows, conceits, delights, presumption, illusions, wishes, terrors, parade, opinions, pretensions, one.

Consonant match to vain:
vein, vine, van, vane, vin, vien, von, verne, venn, vern, vienne, vaughan, vaughn, veen, vann, venne, veyne.

Words that sound like vain:
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