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Vain Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Vain? [adj] unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" [adj] characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Vain: bootless \| conceited \| egotistic \| egotistical \| fruitless \| futile \| proud \| self-conceited \| sleeveless \| swollen \| swollen-headed \| unproductive Related Terms \| Find terms related to Vain: See Also \| Vain In Webster's Dictionary \Vain\, a. [Compar. {Vainer}; superl. {Vainest}.] [F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. {Vanish}, {Vanity}, {Vaunt} to boast.] 1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. ``Thy vain excuse.'' --Shak. Every man walketh in a vain show. --Ps. xxxix. 6. Let no man deceive you with vain words. --Eph. v. 6. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye! --Shak. Vain visdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton. 2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. Bring no more vain oblations. --Isa. i. 13. Vain is the force of man To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. 3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren? --James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their art. --Dryden. 4. Showy; ostentatious. Load some vain church with old theatric state. --Pope. Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal; shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant; deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling. \Vain\, n. Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain. {For vain}. See {In vain}. [Obs.] --Shak. {In vain}, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. `` In vain doth valor bleed.'' --Milton. `` In vain they do worship me.'' --Matt. xv. 9. {To take the name of God in vain}, to use the name of God with levity or profaneness.

Vain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vain?

[adj] unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
[adj] characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

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Vain In Webster's Dictionary

\Vain\, a. [Compar. {Vainer}; superl. {Vainest}.] [F. vain,
L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. {Vanish}, {Vanity}, {Vaunt}
to boast.]
1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty;
   void; worthless; unsatisfying. ``Thy vain excuse.''
   --Shak.

         Every man walketh in a vain show.     --Ps. xxxix.
                                               6.

         Let no man deceive you with vain words. --Eph. v. 6.

         Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
                                               --Shak.

         Vain visdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton.

2. Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose;
   fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

         Bring no more vain oblations.         --Isa. i. 13.

         Vain is the force of man To crush the pillars which
         the pile sustain.                     --Dryden.

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

         But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart
         from works is barren?                 --James ii. 20
                                               (Rev. Ver.).

         The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their
         art.                                  --Dryden.

4. Showy; ostentatious.

         Load some vain church with old theatric state.
                                               --Pope.

Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal;
     shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant;
     deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.


\Vain\, n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

{For vain}. See {In vain}. [Obs.] --Shak.

{In vain}, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. ``
   In vain doth valor bleed.'' --Milton. `` In vain they do
   worship me.'' --Matt. xv. 9.

{To take the name of God in vain}, to use the name of God
   with levity or profaneness.

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