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Synonyms for prideful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : prahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : praɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for prideful Other synonyms for the word prideful
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- dismissive
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high and mighty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- huffy
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lofty
- lordly
- narcissistic
- on an ego trip
- on one's high horse
- ostentatious
- overbearing
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- proud
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- self-respecting
- self-satisfied
- smarty
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck up
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
- wise guy
Définition of prideful
Origin :- c.1500, from pride (n.) + -ful. Related: Pridefully; pridefulness. Old English had prutswongor "overburdened with pride."
- adj arrogant
- adj proud
- Cab drivers hailed him as a likely fare, to his prideful content.
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- "And there ain't another like it in the whole world," went on the prideful Hodges.
- Extract from : « The Dorrance Domain » by Carolyn Wells
- Miss Hawes took his arm, with a soft, prideful sigh, and they moved off.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff of Badger » by George B. Pattullo
- "You can revile me as much as you like now, Nan," he said, with prideful humility.
- Extract from : « The Quickening » by Francis Lynde
- At the moment the roads seemed quite deserted, and their little roadster hummed along with all its prideful speed and importance.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Jockey Hollow » by Cleo Garis
- The question was put slowly, but the reply came with prompt and prideful certitude.
- Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck
- (p. 355), why omit the peaceful or prideful and victorious record of some 9-10 years on its either verge?
- Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
- The Lone Wolf had a prideful look which he held was one of the beneficent effects of his medicine.
- Extract from : « The Sunset Trail » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- She had spoken with a defensive tone, one hardly certain, but as she finished a prideful note crept into her voice.
- Extract from : « A Pagan of the Hills » by Charles Neville Buck
- But they were safe, and in a prideful, self-conscious, young-mother way she began to wash the five.
- Extract from : « Roof and Meadow » by Dallas Lore Sharp
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