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 ones 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.
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