Vain

Adjective

 * 1) overly proud of oneself, especially when concerning appearance
 * 2) * Leo Rosten:
 * Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
 * 1) having very little substance
 * 2) effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
 * 3) * William of Occam:
 * It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.

Synonyms

 * pointless, futile, fruitless, ineffectual
 * See also Thesaurus:arrogant
 * See also Thesaurus:futile

Derived terms

 * in vain
 * vainness
 * vainly

Related terms

 * vanity

Adverbs for Vain
awkwardly; fantastically; inordinately; offensively; contemptibly; amusingly; artlessly; morbidly; prodigiously; complacently; colossally; tediously.

Thesaurus
Gascon, abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren, baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, bootlessly, braggart, bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential, counterproductive, coxcombical, dandyish, delusive, delusory, doomed, effete, egocentric, egoistic, egotistical, empty, etiolated, fanfaron, fanfaronading, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, flimsy, foolish, foppish, foredoomed, fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, fruitless, fruitlessly, futile, futilely, gasconading, groundless, haughty, hollow, idle, ill-founded, improperly, in vain, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, light, misleading, narcissan, narcissine, narcissistic, narcistic, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, otiose, overproud, overweening, paltry, petty, pointless, profitless, proud, puny, self-admiring, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-approving, self-assuming, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-congratulating, self-congratulatory, self-content, self-contented, self-delighting, self-endeared, self-esteeming, self-flattering, self-glorious, self-gratulating, self-gratulatory, self-important, self-lauding, self-loving, self-respecting, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, self-vaunting, shallow, silly, slender, slight, smug, sterile, stuck-up, superficial, thrasonic, thrasonical, trifling, trite, trivial, unavailable, unavailing, unbased, unfounded, ungrounded, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, unsuccessfully, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, unwarranted, useless, vacuous, vainglorious, vainly, valueless, vapid, vaporing, vaunting, void, windy, without basis, without foundation, worthless

Etymology
From <  vain: <  vanus:

Translations

 * Armenian: սնապարծ
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: vaniteux.
 * German:
 * Greek: ματαιόδοξος


 * Hebrew: גאוותן
 * Italian: ,
 * Russian: тщеславный
 * Scottish Gaelic: mòr à(s), sgòideasach, sgòideil, uaibhreach, uailleach
 * Swedish: fåfäng


 * Armenian:
 * French:
 * Norwegian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic: faoin


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,


 * German: unnützlich
 * Hebrew: חסר תועלת
 * Italian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: faoin

Anagrams

 * Ivan, Na'vi

Adverb

 * 1) only, merely, exclusively, solely, just
 * 2) ever, in the phrasal adjective mikä vain:

Derived terms

 * mikä vain

Anagrams

 * ivan, niva, vian

Adjective

 * 1) useless, ineffective, fruitless
 * 2) vain, shallow

Synonyms

 * inutile

Related terms

 * vanité
 * vaniteux