vain
52
3.8
- adjective
- /veɪn/
:
vanidoso
- He was so vain that he spent hours admiring his reflection in the mirror.
- a vain man
- so vain
- selfish and vain
Or who cares if that person in your life is vain or shallow.
- Or who cares if that person in your life is vain or shallow.
- For many years the vainest have tossed in my face their own empty vanities.
- What right have you got to be so, so vain or so precious that you can't go through life without being offended?
- It's the word that we get vain glory from Canodoxia.
- I mean, really vain, really shallow, all the stuff.
- it just brings me so much joy because you can say that makeup is vain or shallow.
- I think they're, you know, they're obviously all politicians are vain, but they want to win.
- Is that ego or vain glory is the road straight to hell?
- I'm like, you are vain McConaughey.
Examples
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Or who cares if that person in your life is vain or shallow.
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Many were saying this aloud, deluding themselves and others with a vain sense of security.
Academic text (2002) -
I am either vain or only normally vain, depending on your view of such matters.
Fiction book (1994) -
Uh, she is, though perhaps a little vain.
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I'm not vain enough to believe that it's all my doing.
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It's a sin to be vain.
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The husband works, but the wife spends her time among vain society ladies.
Fiction book (1993) -
She says, "Bill was always vain."
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Although Tito tells us several times that he is not vain, his positive reaction to her flattery proves otherwise.
Academic text (1997) -
Another reason she didn't mind lying to Eddie was because he was a vain, self-involved jerk.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
58
7.8
Being sure you are much more important than other people
57
5.8
Acting more important and formal than necessary
24
5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
24
6.6
Seeing yourself as much more important than other people
13
5.8
Acting as if you are better than other people
6
8.6
A person who only cares about themselves and thinks they are more important than other people
4
6.8
Thinking you are much better or more important than others
3
9.9
Bragging too much about how great you think you are
2
9.8
Too much pride and confidence that makes people dislike you
1
7.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
Thinking you are better than other people
Thinking you are better than other people
Having a very high opinion of yourself
Thinking you are much more important than other people
Antonyms
Idioms
How Vain
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vain comes from the old Latin word vanus, which means 'empty', and it is the same root as vanity. Think of a vain person as 'empty' inside and full of pride, which is why vain means conceited.