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prideful
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective prideful has 2 senses
- prideful(s = adj.all) disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering - having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"
- prideful(s = adj.all) exultant, exulting, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" Derived form noun pridefulness1
THESAURUS
prideful
erect, house-proud, independent, proud, proud as Lucifer, proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, proudful, proudhearted, purse-proud, self-confident, self-esteeming, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-sufficient, stiff-necked
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