New Word List Word List. Save This Word! See synonyms for vain on Thesaurus. See antonyms for vain on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Idioms about vain. See useless. From Foreign Policy.
His attempts to convince investors and the public of its importance were in vain. From Slate Magazine. Are the efforts to bring digital deeper into the creative workflow all in vain? From TechCrunch. Remember the last time you went shopping and were looking in vain for shoes a half-size larger? From Phys. Just ask certain autocratic countries that have tried in vain. From CNN. But the power of the anti-appeasement proposition was so great in that one can search in vain for dissenting voices.
But, frustratingly, the vainest events are exclusive and not appropriate for sharing with others, especially in detail.
I tried, in vain , to get my head around the idea of infinity for an eternity. From National Geographic. They were judged as gaudy, excessive, the yachts, the diamonds, the houses, the entourage wasteful, foolish and vain glorious. That political courage can not have been in vain. Devising a new economic and social model has been a much greater problem, and one with which most leading oil exporters have contended in vain.
No, doggie plastic surgery isn't designed to make vain mutts feel better about themselves. From ABC News. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless. The definition of vain is someone or something without value, without force or who is conceited. Without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc. Having no real value or significance; worthless, empty, idle, hollow, etc. Having or showing an excessively high regard for one's self, looks, possessions, ability, etc.
Lacking substance or worth. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. Other Words from vain vainly adverb I looked at the others, searching vainly for a sympathetic face. Get Word of the Day daily email! Test Your Vocabulary. Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words? Love words? Need even more definitions? Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms The same, but different.
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