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prideful (adj.)

"full of pride, arrogant, insolent, scornful," c. 1500, from pride (n.) + -ful. Related: Pridefully; pridefulness. Old English had prutswongor "overburdened with pride." Middle English had prideless "without pride" in a good or bad sense (late 14c.).

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Definitions of prideful from WordNet

prideful (adj.)
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer;
walked with a prideful swagger
Synonyms: disdainful / haughty / imperious / lordly / overbearing / sniffy / supercilious / swaggering
prideful (adj.)
joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
Synonyms: exultant / exulting / jubilant / rejoicing / triumphal / triumphant
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