vain
adjective
[ veɪn ]
• having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
• "their flattery made him vain"
Similar:
conceited,
narcissistic,
self-loving,
in love with oneself,
self-admiring,
self-regarding,
wrapped up in oneself,
self-absorbed,
self-obsessed,
self-centred,
egotistic,
egotistical,
egoistic,
egocentric,
egomaniac,
proud,
haughty,
arrogant,
boastful,
swaggering,
imperious,
overweening,
cocky,
affected,
vainglorious,
peacockish,
think too highly of oneself,
think a lot of oneself,
• producing no result; useless.
• "a vain attempt to tidy up the room"
Similar:
futile,
useless,
pointless,
worthless,
nugatory,
to no purpose,
in vain,
ineffective,
ineffectual,
inefficacious,
impotent,
powerless,
unavailing,
to no avail,
fruitless,
profitless,
unproductive,
unsuccessful,
failed,
without success,
abortive,
misfired,
thwarted,
balked,
frustrated,
foiled,
bootless,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘devoid of real worth’): via Old French from Latin vanus ‘empty, without substance’.
in vain
• without success or a result.
• "they waited in vain for a response"
Similar:
unsuccessfully,
vainly,
without success,
to no avail,
to no purpose,
ineffectually,
with no result,
fruitlessly,
profitlessly,
unproductively,
futile,
useless,
pointless,
worthless,
nugatory,
ineffective,
ineffectual,
inefficacious,
impotent,
powerless,
unavailing,
fruitless,
profitless,
unproductive,
unsuccessful,
abortive,
thwarted,
balked,
frustrated,
foiled,
bootless,
