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prideful

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prideful \Pride"ful\, a.
   Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv.
   -- {Pride"ful-ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

prideful
     adj 1: 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";
            "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
            than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty},
             {lordly}, {sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]
     2: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
        "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a
        triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: {exultant},
         {exulting}, {jubilant}, {rejoicing}, {triumphal}, {triumphant}]
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