vain
abortive, absurd, airy, arrogant, asinine, barren, baseless, boastful, boasting, bootless, braggart, bragging, catchpenny, cocky, complacent,
cardinal virtues - charity, faith, fortitude, hope, justice, love, prudence, temperance
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dress down - call down, come down on, flax, give a dressing-down, give it to, hide, jump all over, jump on, lather, leather, lick, paddle, speak to, talk to, tan,
unguardedly - any old way, anyhow, carelessly, clumsily, haphazardly, heedlessly, hit or miss, messily, offhand, recklessly, slapdash ,
moving road - beck, branch, brook, burn, channel, creek, fresh, gill, kill, millstream, race, river, rivulet, run, runnel,
firefly - blink, blinking, coruscation, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glow-worm, lantern fly, phosphor, scintilla, scintillation, shimmer,
befoul - abuse, afflict, aggrieve, bespatter, bewitch, blacken, blight, condemn, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase,
in a muddle - addled, all over, beclouded, befuddled, cloudy, foggy, fuddled, hazy, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, topsy-turvy ,
keep the peace - be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, keep within bounds, keep within compass, live temperately, not make waves, not resist, practice non-violence, practice self-control, relent, remit, settle down, sober down, strike a balance,
prunes and prisms - airs, false front, false show, fa?§ade, front, hypocrisy, image, insincerity, mannerism, pretence, pretension, public image, put on, sham, show ,
drained - ablated, all in, arid, barren, beat, beat up, beaten, blanched, bleached, bleached white, bone-weary, burned-out, burnt up, bushed, celibate,
dress down - call down, come down on, flax, give a dressing-down, give it to, hide, jump all over, jump on, lather, leather, lick, paddle, speak to, talk to, tan,
unguardedly - any old way, anyhow, carelessly, clumsily, haphazardly, heedlessly, hit or miss, messily, offhand, recklessly, slapdash ,
moving road - beck, branch, brook, burn, channel, creek, fresh, gill, kill, millstream, race, river, rivulet, run, runnel,
firefly - blink, blinking, coruscation, glimmer, glimmering, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glow-worm, lantern fly, phosphor, scintilla, scintillation, shimmer,
befoul - abuse, afflict, aggrieve, bespatter, bewitch, blacken, blight, condemn, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase,
in a muddle - addled, all over, beclouded, befuddled, cloudy, foggy, fuddled, hazy, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, topsy-turvy ,
keep the peace - be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, keep within bounds, keep within compass, live temperately, not make waves, not resist, practice non-violence, practice self-control, relent, remit, settle down, sober down, strike a balance,
prunes and prisms - airs, false front, false show, fa?§ade, front, hypocrisy, image, insincerity, mannerism, pretence, pretension, public image, put on, sham, show ,
drained - ablated, all in, arid, barren, beat, beat up, beaten, blanched, bleached, bleached white, bone-weary, burned-out, burnt up, bushed, celibate,