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Definitions for Vain

[1] excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
[2] proceeding from or showing pride in or concern about one's appearance, qualities, etc.; resulting from or displaying vanity: He made some vain remarks about his accomplishments.
[3] ineffectual or unsuccessful; futile: vain hopes; a vain effort; a vain war.
[4] without real significance, value, or importance; baseless or worthless: vain pageantry; vain display.
[5] Archaic . senseless or foolish.
[6] in vain , without effect or avail; to no purpose: lives lost in vain; to apologize in vain. in an improper or irreverent manner: to take God's name in vain.
[7] inordinately proud of one's appearance, possessions, or achievements
[8] given to ostentatious display, esp of one's beauty
[9] worthless
[10] senseless or futile
[11] in vain to no avail; fruitlessly
[12] take someone's name in vain to use the name of someone, esp God, without due respect or reverence jocular to mention someone's name

Words related to Vain

cocky, arrogant, fruitless, petty, trivial, frivolous, boastful, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, narcissistic, ostentatious, overweening, proud, self-important, stuck-up, vainglorious, egoistic, high-and-mighty

Words nearby Vain

vagus nerve, vagus pulse, vahana, vahine, vail, vain, vainglorious, vainglory, vair, vaisheshika, vaishnava

Origin of Vain

1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin vānus empty, vain

Words that may be confused with Vain

vain, vane, vein

Other words from Vain

vain·ly , adverb
vain·ness , noun
un·vain , adjective
un·vain·ly , adverb
un·vain·ness , noun

Word origin for Vain

C13: via Old French from Latin vānus

Synonyms for Vain

arrogant, cocky, big-headed, boastful, conceited, egocentric, egoistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, inflated, narcissistic, ostentatious, overweening, pleased with oneself, proud, puffed up, self-important, stuck-up, swaggering, swollen-headed, vainglorious