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1. (adj.) vain
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.
2. vain
proceeding from or showing personal vanity.
3. vain
futile:
vain efforts.
4. vain
without real significance.
5. vain
Archaic. senseless or foolish.
6. vain
in vain,
7. vain
without effect or avail; to no purpose.
8. vain
in an improper or irreverent manner:
to take God's name in vain.
Etymology: (1250–1300; < OF < L vānus empty, vain)
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| Definition of 'vain' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
"a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
2. (adj) bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
unproductive of success
"a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
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1. (adjective) vain
not successful; = pointless
a vain attempt to do sth
2. vain
too proud of your appearance or abilities
a vain woman
3. vain
in vain
without success
We tried in vain to reach him.
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| Definition of 'vain' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vain
vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain
2. vain
having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
3. vain
destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt
4. vain
proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated
5. vain
showy; ostentatious
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Sense: having too much pride in one's appearance, achievements etc; conceited
She's very vain about her good looks.
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 Afrikaans: ydel |
 Arabic: مَغْرور، مَزْهو |
 Bulgarian: суетен |
 Brazilian: vaidoso |
 Czech: nafoukaný |
 German: eitel |
 Danish: forfængelig |
 Greek: ματαιόδοξος |
 Spanish: vanidoso, presumido |
 Estonian: edev |
 Farsi: مغرور |
 Finnish: turhamainen |
 French: vaniteux |
 Hebrew: מִתרַברֵב |
 Hindi: अपनी उपलबधियों पर बहुत शा |
 Croatian: umišljen |
 Hungarian: hiú |
 Indonesian: sombong |
 Icelandic: hégómlegur, sjálfumglaður |
 Italian: vanitoso |
 Japanese: うぬぼれた |
 Korean: 허영심(자만심)이 강한 |
 Lithuanian: tuščiagarbis |
 Latvian: iedomīgs |
 Malay: bermegah |
 Dutch: ijdel |
 Norwegian: forfengelig |
 Polish: próżny |
 Portuguese: vaidoso |
 Romanian: vanitos |
 Russian: тщеславный |
 Slovak: márnivý, nafúkaný |
 Slovenian: domišljav |
 Serbian: tašt |
 Swedish: fåfäng |
 Thai: หยิ่ง; ทรนง |
 Turkish: kibirli, kendini beğenmiş |
 Taiwanese: 自負的 |
 Ukrainian: самовдоволений |
 Urdu: خود پسند |
 Vietnamese: kiêu ngạo, tự phụ |
 Chinese: 自负的 |
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