Vain synonyms

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Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.

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Having an unfavorable outcome:

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Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect:

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Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:

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Relatively worthless or unimportant; trivial; insignificant

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Trifling or unimportant

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Empty or worthless; not real or meaningful

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Ineffective; futile

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Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.

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self-love (related)

Unduly preoccupied with one's own appearance

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Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:

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characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

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The definition of haughty is an arrogant person.

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Of little or no importance; insignificant; trifling

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Not important; insignificant or petty.

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Small in size or amount.

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Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:

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Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

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egotistic (related)

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Failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless:

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Inclined to brag; boasting

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Without benefit; useless

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Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.

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modest (antonym)

Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:

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possible (antonym)

Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:

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Without sleeves

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Having self-conceit; vain; having a high or overweening opinion of one's own person or merits.

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(Informal) Jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way

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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.

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Deliberately misleading or cheating

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Having the nature of a delusion; false:

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Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

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The definition of egocentric is self-centered and is someone who thinks only about himself or who thinks the world revolves around him.

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Bearing no fruit; barren.

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frustaneous

Trivial

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory

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Displaying hubris (as a personality characteristic)

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Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate

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Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect

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Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.

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The definition of nugatory is worthless or useless.

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Offering unnecessary and unwanted advice or services; meddlesome, esp. in a highhanded or overbearing way

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Intended to attract notice.

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Excessive; immoderate:

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Being showy of one's knowledge, often in a boring manner.

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(Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:

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Dogmatic; opinionated

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Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:

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proud-as-a-peacock

(Simile) Extremely proud.

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Pompous; snobbish; inclined to turn up one's nose

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stuckup

Trivial

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Having little value or importance; trivial

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Not availing; futile; ineffectual

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unsatisfying

Not providing satisfaction.

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Unreal; visionary

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Characterized by or exhibiting vainglory:

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Seeing or disposed to see visions

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Self-esteem

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The state or quality of being arrogant; overbearing pride.

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(Nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) egotism

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The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (often released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

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The state or quality of being hollow

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Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

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Showy display, as of wealth or knowledge; pretentiousness

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otiosity

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The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance

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Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.

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Vanity is the quality of having too much pride one's appearance or accomplishments or a bathroom cabinet that has a mirror and a sink.

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shy (antonym)

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

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Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation:

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Serving no useful purpose:

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Having no purpose or reason; pointless; to no avail:

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Empty of thought

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Self-centered or selfish

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Alternative spelling of big-headed.

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Alternative spelling of stuck up.

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Alternative form of swell-headed.

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in-vain

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thrive (related)

Having no useful result

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used (related)

That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

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full (related)

Complete in every particular:

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foolish (related)

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feeble (related)

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carnal (related)

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pious (related)

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vainly (related)

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vaine (related)

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Having no hope; despairing:

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Synonym Study

Otiose applies to that which has no real purpose or function and is therefore useless or superfluous otiose remarks
Empty and hollow are used of that which only appears to be genuine, sincere, worthwhile, etc. empty threats, hollow victories
Idle refers to that which is baseless or worthless because it can never be realized idle hopes, idle talk
Vain applies to that which has little or no real value, worth, or meaning vain studies, indulging in vain pleasures

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