Vain

Vain - Other Definitions

• (superl.) Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
  
  
• (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
  
  
• (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.
  
  
• (superl.) Showy; ostentatious.
  
  
• (n.) Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
  
  
• (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.