Definition of vain

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

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Baffle :: Baffle (v. i.) To struggle against in vain; as, a ship baffles with the winds..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Idly :: Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.
Vainglorious :: Vainglorious (a.) Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy..
Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.
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..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Ventosity :: Ventosity (n.) Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride..
Boasting :: Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
Vain :: 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..
Vainglory :: Vainglory (n.) Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
Rodomont :: Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Irreverent in language; taking the name of God in vain; given to swearing; blasphemous; as, a profane person, word, oath, or tongue..
Vaniloquence :: Vaniloquence (n.) Vain or foolish talk.
Boastful :: Boastful (a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising..
Rodomontade :: Rodomontade (n.) Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag..
Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..
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