Alternativa stavningar
- (föråldrada ord) wayn
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Definitioner
Adjektiv
- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
- Showy; ostentatious.
Exempel
- Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
- thy vain excuse
- Let no man deceive you with vain words.
- Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
- vain toil; a vain attempt
- Vain is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
- It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.
- But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
- Load some vain church with old theatric state.
Böjningsformer
| Komparativ | vainer |
| Komparativ | more vain |
| Superlativ | vainest |
| Superlativ | most vain |