72 Synonyms & Antonyms For VAIN

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Definitions vain [veyn] / veɪn / ADJECTIVE egotistical Synonyms STRONGEST arrogant cocky WEAK 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 Antonyms STRONGEST humble WEAK modest possible shy ADJECTIVE futile, useless Synonyms STRONGEST frivolous fruitless petty trivial WEAK abortive barren bootless delusive delusory empty going nowhere hollow idle in vicious circle inefficacious insignificant misleading no-win not a prayer nugatory on a treadmill otiose paltry pointless profitless puny senseless shuck slight sterile time-wasting trifling unavailing unimportant unnotable unproductive unprofitable valueless void worthless Antonyms STRONGEST consequential important significant useful WEAK modest possible shy

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At the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence, the staff tried in vain to save the program.

From Salon

It meant the 35-year-old George was still doing heavy-duty ball carrying in the final five minutes as England chased in vain.

From BBC

In vain in the end, but not forgotten.

From BBC

The last few hours were all in vain.

From Los Angeles Times

“And they think they actually taste good. So vain.”

From Literature

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abortive arrogant barren bigheaded bootless cockiest cockiest cockier cockier cocksure cocky/cocksure cocky conceited desperate egoistic egotistic/egoistic egotistical egoistical egomaniacal egotistic empty failing foppish forlorn fruitless fustian futile highfalutin hollow hopeless idle inane ineffective/ineffectual ineffective ineffectual inefficacious inutile irremediable meaningless more cocksure more cocksure more desperate more conceited more egoistic more egoistic more egotistic more egotistic more ineffective more ineffective more ineffectual more ineffectual most cocksure most cocksure most egoistic most egoistic most conceited most egotistic most egotistic most ineffective most ineffective most ineffectual most ineffectual narcissistic nugatory null ostentatious otiose otiose overweening pointless pompous prideful priggish proud proudest prouder puffed-up sanitized self-important self-respecting self-serving self-satisfied self-involved self-seeking shallower shallow specious sterile stuck-up swellheaded thankless trifling unavailing uncreative unfounded uninventive unprofitable unprofitable unsuccessful unusable useless uppity vainglorious void

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