prideful

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"; "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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prideful \Pride"ful\, a.
   Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson.
   [1913 Webster] -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pride"ful-ness},
   n.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "prideful":
      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

    

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