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vainness
noun as in futility
noun as in egotism
Weak matches
- amour-propre
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- ego
- egocentricity
- egoism
- egomania
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vanity
- vaunting
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Example Sentences
Gutierrez went on to ask if her death would lead to "civil unrest" or if she would "die in vain."
If we don’t learn something from this and change the way things work to make the world better, then their deaths were completely in vain.
His was a curious temperament, and this sentimentality, born of vainness and idle hours, by no means expressed it all.
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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vainness, such as: bootlessness, emptiness, frivolousness, fruitlessness, hollowness, and idleness.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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