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n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
n.
A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag.
superl.
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
v. t.
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
n.
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
n.
Quality or state of being ventose; windiness; hence, vainglory; pride.
superl.
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
v. i.
To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag.
superl.
Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
n.
Vain or foolish talk.
a.
Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
n.
Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
superl.
Showy; ostentatious.
a.
Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
a.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
n.
The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
n.
That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
a.
Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.
n.
The quality or state of being vain.
adv.
In a vain manner; in vain.
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