English > vain: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | characteristic of false / false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. |
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| Example | "vain about her clothes" |
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| Synonyms | conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed |
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| Broader | proud | Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
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| Spanish | egoísta, engreído, fatuo, presumido, presuntuoso, pretencioso, vanidoso |
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| Catalan | envanit, fatu, presumit, presumptuós, vanitós |
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| Nouns | vanity | the trait of being unduly vain and conceited |
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| vanity | the quality of being valueless or futile |
| vanity | feelings of excessive pride |