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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."
From Ars Technica
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.
From Vox
His was a curious temperament, and this sentimentality, born of vainness and idle hours, by no means expressed it all.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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