Australian English Meaning of vain

vain

Other Australian English words related to vain

synonyms

• arrogant
• conceited
• egotistical
• egotistical
• important
• proud
• selfish
• smug
• vainglorious
• assured
• conceited
• big-noting
• bombastic
• cocky
• complacent
• confident
• consequential
• Domineering
• egoistic
• egotistical
• Haughty
• overweening
• pompous
• proud
• conceited
• conceited
• self-satisfied
• Snobbish
• Stuck-up
• supercilious
• big-headed
• biggity
• presumptive
• blustery
• blustery
• braggart
• bragging
• big-noting
• bumptious
• cavalier
• chest
• condescending
• disdainful
• ostentatious
• highfalutin
• high-and-mighty
• highfalutin
• arrogant
• holier-than-thou
• huffy
• imperious
• elevated
• lordly
• masterful
• patronising
• peremptory
• Papal
• presumptuous
• pretentious
• self-reliant
• assertive
• self-assured
• self-centred
• self-confident
• Egocentric
• snobbish
• Snooty
• superior
• swaggering
• snooty
• arrogant
• hi-hat
• presuming
• self-satisfied
• self-dramatizing
• self-glorifying
• self-promoting
• arrogant, pompous
• snooty

antonyms

• diffident
• humble
• modest
• timid
• egoless
• bashful
• down-to-earth
• sheepish
• unassertive
• modest
• unpretentious
• Self-critical
• self-doubting
• self-reproachful
• complacent
• demure
• Introverted
• mouse
• Mousy
• Overmodest
• retiring
• self-reproaching
• shrinking
• shy
• self-distrustful
• unarrogant

Definitions and Meaning of vain in English

Wordnet

vain (s)

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

unproductive of success

Webster

vain (superl.)

Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.

Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.

Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.

Showy; ostentatious.

Webster

vain (n.)

Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.

FAQs About the word vain

What is the Australian English meaning of the word vain

vain

What is the English meaning of the word vain

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, unproductive of successHaving no real substance, value, or importance; empty; voi

What are the synonyms of the word vain

arrogant,conceited,egotistical,egotistical,important,proud,selfish,smug,vainglorious,assured

What are the antonyms of the word vain

diffident,humble,modest,timid,egoless,bashful,down-to-earth,sheepish,unassertive,modest