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VAIN definition: 1. unsuccessful; of no value: 2. unsuccessfully: 3. too interested in your own appearance or…. Learn more.
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. Synonym Discussion of Vain.
VAIN meaning: 1. unsuccessful; of no value: 2. unsuccessfully: 3. too interested in your own appearance or…. Learn more.
Vain definition: excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited. See examples of VAIN used in a sentence.
person If you describe someone as vain, you are critical of their extreme pride in their own beauty, intelligence, or other good qualities.
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."
Definition of vain adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the word vain is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for vain is from before 1300, in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century.
vain meaning, definition, what is vain: someone who is vain is too proud of thei...: Learn more.
vain. in English. vain. Thesaurus > not producing a desired result > vain. These are words and phrases related to vain. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of vain.
