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vainful

vainful adjective: vain.

Adjective

vainful (comparative more vainful, superlative most vainful)

  1. (archaic) Vain.
    • But oh! the gay world is a vainful scene,
      And sorrow soon scorches its flowery green, […]1866, Garlands from life's wayside, by a wanderer, page 93

Forms of vainful

comparativemore vainful
superlativemost vainful

Origin of vainful

From vain + -ful.

Questions about vainful

What does vainful mean?
Vainful means vain.
What part of speech is vainful?
Vainful is an adjective.

Words near vainful in the dictionary

  1. Vainakhia
  2. Vainakhian
  3. vainer
  4. vainesse
  5. vainest
  6. vainful
  7. vaingloried
  8. vainglories
  9. vaingloriness
  10. vainglorious
  11. vaingloriously

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