Crossword clues for vainest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vain \Vain\, a. [Compar. Vainer; superl. Vainest.] [F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. Vanish, Vanity, Vaunt to boast.]
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Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying. ``Thy vain excuse.''
--Shak.Every man walketh in a vain show.
--Ps. xxxix. 6.Let no man deceive you with vain words.
--Eph. v. 6.Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
--Shak.Vain visdom all, and false philosophy.
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Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Bring no more vain oblations.
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Vain is the force of man To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
--Dryden.3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
--James ii. 20 (Rev. Ver.).The minstrels played on every side, Vain of their art.
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Showy; ostentatious.
Load some vain church with old theatric state.
--Pope.Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal; shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant; deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: vain)
Usage examples of "vainest".
As for criticism of his own vanity or of his “militia diplomacy,” he wrote: “The charge of vanity is the last resort of little wits and mercenary quacks, the vainest men alive, against me and measures that they can find no other objection to.
When he wasn't playing Prince Charming for the girls, he was just about the vainest creature on God's green earth.