Meaning & use
vain
Having an excessively high opinion of one's own appearance, abilities, or achievements.
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He was too vain to be seen in public without perfectly styled hair.
Despite her talent, she was never vain about her success.
A note on using this word
Vain also appears in the fixed phrase 'in vain', meaning without success, as in 'they searched in vain for the missing hikers'.
Words with a similar meaning
conceitedself-absorbed
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