meaning of vain
1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of ones own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
4. Showy; ostentatious.
5. Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
6. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
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Related Words
vain | vainglorious | vainglory | vainly | vainness |
