vain

adj. conceited, proud, egotistical; worthless, futile; without meaning or significance

- * Vain (horse), a champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse.
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Adjective
1. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
(synonym) conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed
(similar) proud
2. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
(synonym) bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless
(similar) unproductive

adj. vain; useless, worthless; futile, pointless, aimless, unavailing; wasted, wretched; unsuccessful

(superl.)
Showy; ostentatious.
  

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

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

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

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