prideful in English dictionary

  • prideful

    Meanings and definitions of "prideful"

    • Full of pride.
    • adjective
      (chiefly Scotland, Canada, US)
      Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
    • Being joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success.
    • adjective
      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"- W.L.Shirer
    • adjective
      joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"

    Synonyms of "prideful" in English dictionary

    haughty, lordly, sniffy are the top synonyms of "prideful" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of prideful

    • prideful ( comparative more prideful, superlative most prideful)
    • prideful (comparative more prideful, superlative most prideful)
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