vain
adjective
excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited.
vainness
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a word derived from
vain.
Example Sentences
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It was as though the love letter of Juliet had led her here to show her as in a glass darkly the vainness of love in the vainness of life.
From The Ghost Girl by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
He forbids it, Being free from vainness and self-glorious pride; Giving full trophy, signal, and ostent Quite from himself to God.
From King Henry V by William Shakespeare
His was a curious temperament, and this sentimentality, born of vainness and idle hours, by no means expressed it all.
From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Henry Rider Haggard
Shakespeare says:— 'I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, Or any taint of vice whose strong corruption Inhabits our frail blood.'
From The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Henry Woodcock
O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men!
From The Book of Mormon by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
