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prideful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'prideful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prideful [ a.]
- Full of pride; haughty.

Meaning of 'prideful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prideful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example in sentence:
  • a more swaggering mood than usual;
  • haughty aristocrats;
  • his lordly manners were offensive;
  • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air;
  • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines;
  • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette;
  • walked with a prideful swagger
Meaning (2):
- joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Example in sentence:
  • a triumphal success;
  • a triumphant shout;
  • rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day

Nearby Words:

prial prian priapean priapism priapulacea pricasour price priced priceite priceless

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