The meaning of VAIN is having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited. How to use vain in a sentence.

Define vainest. vainest synonyms, vainest pronunciation, vainest translation, English dictionary definition of vainest. excessively proud of one’s appearance, qualities, etc.; conceited: She is very vain about her long black hair.; arrogant; egotistical; without effect or...

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adjective vainest proceeding from or showing pride in or concern about one's appearance, qualities, etc.; resulting from or displaying vanity: He made some vain remarks about his accomplishments. 1 adjective vainest ineffectual or unsuccessful; …

'Vainest' means having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth, or producing no result; useless.

She is very vain about her appearance. He is the vainest man I know. They made a vain [= unsuccessful] attempt to escape. A vain effort to quell the public's fears only made matters worse. Volunteers searched the area in the vain hope of finding clues. He tried in vain to get the baby to sleep. He took God's name in vain.

Excessively proud of one's appearance, possessions, or accomplishments, to the point of arrogance or boastfulness. Tom's been as vain as a peacock ever since he found out he came in top of the class—he hasn't missed a single opportunity to remind us. He looks like vain as a peacock strutting around the club in his expensive suit and gold chains.

Vain is from Latin vanus, "empty," and in English it originally meant "lacking value or effect, futile," like your vain attempt to find a pencil in your messy, overstuffed backpack. Likewise, the phrase "in vain" means "without success." Vain also means "conceited, too proud of oneself."

to apologize in vain. to take God's name in vain. see in vain; take someone's name in vain. See useless. Vain definition: . See examples of VAIN used in a sentence.