vain+fruitless
11vain — vainly, adv. vainness, n. /vayn/, adj., vainer, vainest. 1. excessively proud of or concerned about one s own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy. 2. proceeding from or showing personal vanity: vain remarks. 3.… …
12fruitless — adjective fruitless negotiations Syn: futile, vain, in vain, to no avail, to no effect, idle; pointless, useless, worthless, wasted, hollow; ineffectual, ineffective, inefficacious; unproductive, unrewarding, frustrating, profitless …
13fruitless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unavailing, unprofitable, vain; barren. See uselessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. futile, vain, unprofitable, empty; see futile 1 . See Synonym Study at futile . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a …
14vain — adjective 1) he was vain about his looks Syn: conceited, narcissistic, self loving, in love with oneself, self admiring, self regarding, self obsessed, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical; proud, arrogant, boastful, cocky, cocksure, immodest …
15vain — adjective 1) their flattery made him vain Syn: conceited, proud, arrogant, boastful, cocky, immodest; informal big headed 2) a vain attempt Syn: futile, useless, pointless, ineffective …
16vain — adjective /veɪn/ a) overly proud of oneself, especially when concerning appearance Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self absorbed. b) having very little substance It is vain to… …
17fruitless — fruitlessly, adv. fruitlessness, n. /frooht lis/, adj. 1. useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure. 2. bearing no fruit; barren. [1300 50; ME; see FRUIT, LESS] Syn. 1. futile, unavailing, vain …
18vain — Synonyms and related words: Gascon, abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren, baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, bootlessly, braggart, bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential, counterproductive, coxcombical …
19vain — 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… …
20fruitless — Synonyms and related words: abortive, acarpous, arid, barren, bootless, celibate, childless, counterproductive, desert, desolate, drained, dried up, dry, effete, empty, etiolated, exhausted, failed, failing, fallow, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless,… …
