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vainadjective having too high an opinion of oneselfa man so vain that he spent hours admiring himself in the mirror assured, biggety(or biggity, Southern & Midland), bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vainglorious blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggeringarrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppitydomineering, high-handed, imperioushighfalutin(also hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentiousoverconfident, presuming, presumptuousconfident, self-assured, self-confidentself-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatoryself-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promotingself-affected, self-centered, self-engrossed, selfishcondescending, patronizing egoless, humble, modest, uncomplacent diffident, self-critical, self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-reproachful, self-reprovingmeek, timid, unassertivedown-to-earth, unarrogant, unassuming, unpretentiousbashful, demure, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, shy producing no resultsall their efforts to escape proved vain abortive, barren, bootless, empty, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, otiose, profitless, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless hollow, idle, meaningless, pointless, valueless, worthlesshopeless, impossible, lost, no-win, unattainableinadequate, insufficient, lacking, wantingcounterproductive in vain, no dice, not worth the candle, of no avail deadly, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, fruitful, potent, productive, profitable, successful, virtuous meaningful, worthwhileadequate, sufficientapplicable, feasible, functional, practicable, practical, realizable, usable(also useable), workable having no usefulnesshaving tired of the vain pleasures of life in the fast lane, he returned to the small town he had grown up in chaffy, empty, junky, no-good, null, valueless, worthless base, cheap, cheapjack, duff(British), inferior, lousy, low-grade, second-ratebad, defective, dud, flawed, imperfect, substandard, unsatisfactorydeficient, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable useful, valuable, worthy invaluable, precious, pricelesscherished, esteemed, prized, treasuredchoice, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special futile, vain, fruitless mean producing no result.futile may connote completeness of failure or unwisdom of undertaking.resistance had proved so futile that surrender was the only choice left vain usually implies simple failure to achieve a desired result.a vain attempt to get the car started fruitless comes close to vain but often suggests long and arduous effort or severe disappointment.fruitless efforts to obtain a lasting peace in the 14th century |