Definition of vain

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

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Vainglory :: Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Jactitation :: Jactitation (n.) Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.
Fume :: Fume (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Form :: Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc..
Rodomont :: Rodomont (n.) A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Newfangledness :: Newfangledness (n.) Affectation of, or fondness for, novelty; vain or affected fashion or form..
Rodomont :: Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.
Pedantry :: Pedantry (n.) The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning..
Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. t.) To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Self-conceited :: Self-conceited (a.) Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited..
Void :: Void (a.) Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Futile :: Futile (v. t.) Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
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..
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