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Adjective
/vān/,
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vainer, comparative; vainest, superlative;
  1. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth
    • - their flattery made him vain
  2. Producing no result; useless
    • - a vain attempt to tidy up the room
    • - the vain hope of finding work
  3. Having no meaning or likelihood of fulfillment
    • - a vain boast
  1. conceited: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and ...
  2. bootless: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
  3. (vainly) to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
  4. Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN) is a condition that describes premalignant histological findings in the vagina characterized by dysplastic changes. It is generally asymptomatic.
  5. Vain are a glam metal band formed in San Francisco in 1986, at the last wave of the Glam Metal era, and in a time when the city's main musical export was thrash metal slowly changing into punk. ...
  6. Vain (1966-1991) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968-70, and went on to become a top sire. The chestnut colt by Wilkes out of the Orgoglio mare Elated won 12 of the 14 races he contested, and ran second in the other two.
  7. (Vaini) The island country of Tonga can be divided into 5 divisions and 23 districts.
  8. Vains is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
  9. overly proud of oneself, especially when concerning appearance; having very little substance; effecting no purpose; pointless, futile
  10. means "fruitless, hopeless, or without result": Bertie harbors a vain hope of becoming a world-class ice skater.
  11. unsuccessful, futile, fruitless, lacking (substance/worth), hollow, idle, undue preoccupation (pride/appearance/accomplishment), conceited, foolish, no use/purpose, no due respect/piety, profane
  12. Worthless, useless, or thinking too highly of one's appearance, accomplishments, or failure.
  13. Failing to have or unlikely to have the intended or desired result
  14. If a person is vain, he is conceited or too proud of himself, especially of the way he looks.
  15. کارت ۔ نسپھل ۔ برتھا ۔ بے فائدہ ۔ لاحاصل ۔ رائیگاں
  16. [Welsh narrow, thin] Also as main.