- Prideful
- Prideful Pride"ful, a. Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pride"ful-ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Prideful
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Prideful-ness — Prideful Pride ful, a. Full of pride; haughty. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] {Pride ful*ly}, adv. {Pride ful ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prideful — adjective Date: 15th century full of pride: as a. disdainful, haughty b. exultant, elated • pridefully adverb • pridefulness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
prideful — pride·ful (prīdʹfəl) adj. 1. Arrogant; disdainful. 2. Highly pleased; elated. prideʹful·ly adv. prideʹful·ness n. * * * … Universalium
prideful — adjective Full of pride. Syn: arrogant, disdainful, haughty … Wiktionary
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prideful — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Overly convinced of one s own superiority and importance: arrogant, haughty, high and mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, proud, supercilious, superior. Idiom: on one s high horse. See… … English dictionary for students
prideful — adj. proud, taking satisfaction in ; arrogant, conceited; haughty, boastful … English contemporary dictionary
