Vague, a.
- 1. Uncertain, ambiguous, dim, doubtful, obscure, undetermined, indefinite, indistinct, unsettled, loose,
lax, unfixed.
- 2. Unauthorized, unwarranted, flying, loose.
Vagueness, n. Uncertainty, indefiniteness.
Vail, v. a. Cover, hide from sight, veil, conceal.
Vain, a.
- 1. Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, delusive, deceitful, false, baseless, imaginary,
empty, void.
- 2. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable,
without avail, idle, to no purpose, to no end, ineffectual.
- 3. Worthless, unsatisfying, unsatisfactory, vapid, unimportant, trivial, unessential, useless.
- 4. Conceited, vain-glorious, inflated, arrogant, egotistical, overweening, ostentatious, high, self-sufficient,
flushed, opinionated, self-satisfied, self-confident, self-admiring, self-opinioned, self-flattering, high-flown,
puffed up, wise in one’s own conceit.
- 5. Showy, ostentatious, gaudy, glittering, gorgeous.
Vain-glorious, a.
- 1. Conceited, vain, proud beyond desert.
- 2. Boastful, vaunting, braggart, pretentious.
Vain-glory, n.
- 1. Vanity, empty pride, pride without merit.
- 2. Rodomontade, empty boasting.
Vainly, ad.
- 1. Without effect, ineffectually, in vain, to no purpose, in a vain manner.
- 2. Proudly, arrogantly, boastingly, vauntingly.