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Self-conceited :: Self-conceited (a.) Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited..

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

Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..

Vauntful :: Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.

Chauvinism :: Chauvinism (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism..

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

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.

Meek :: Meek (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive..

Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..

Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..

Boastful :: Boastful (a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash..

Boteless :: Boteless (a.) Unavailing; in vain. See Bootless.

Fanfaronade :: Fanfaronade (n.) A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.

Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style..

Thrasonical :: Thrasonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Thraso; like, or becoming to, Thraso; bragging; boastful; vainglorious..

Coquette :: Coquette (n.) A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to gratify vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men..

Ineffectually :: Ineffectually (adv.) Without effect; in vain.

Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag..

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