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Prideful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRI'DEFUL, a. Full of pride; insolent; scornful.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, 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, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century full of pride: as a. disdainful, haughty b. exultant, elated • pridefully adverb • pridefulness noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Moby Thesaurus

erect, house-proud, independent, proud, proud as Lucifer, proud-blooded, proud-looking, proud-minded, proud-spirited, proudful, proudhearted, purse-proud, self-confident, self-esteeming, self-reliant, self-respecting, self-sufficient, stiff-necked