PRIDEFUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does prideful mean? • PRIDEFUL (adjective)
The adjective PRIDEFUL has 2 senses:
1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
2. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Familiarity information: PRIDEFUL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRIDEFUL (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms:
supercilious; sniffy; prideful; haughty; swaggering; lordly; disdainful
Context examples:
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
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
Meaning:
Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Synonyms:
exultant; exulting; jubilant; triumphant; rejoicing; triumphal; prideful
Context examples:
rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day / a triumphal success / a triumphant shout
Similar:
elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)
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