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vain — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, empty, futile, from Latin vanus more at wane Date: 14th century 1. having no real value ; idle, worthless < vain pretensions > 2. marked by futility or ineffectualness ; unsuccessful,… … New Collegiate Dictionary
airs — Synonyms and related words: affectation, affectedness, airs and graces, arrogance, artificiality, clannishness, cliquishness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, despite, disdain, disdainfulness, disparagement, exclusiveness, facade, false… … Moby Thesaurus
side — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, actor, adjoin, affectation, affiliation, aggressive self confidence, air line, airs, ancillary, angle, angle of vision, antagonist, antihero, apparentation,… … Moby Thesaurus
swank — Synonyms and related words: Babylonian, Corinthian, airs, awe inspiring, awful, barbaric, bounce, brave show, braw, chic, chichi, classy, clothes conscious, cock, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deluxe, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill,… … Moby Thesaurus
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