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prideful

[prahyd-fuhl]

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adjective

thinking too highly of oneself; conceited, arrogant, or overconfident.
I was too bitter and prideful and didn't think I needed the Addiction Recovery meetings, so I didn’t go.
full of a legitimate sense of self-worth or satisfaction because of one’s own or another’s accomplishment.
It is a prideful moment for us as we congratulate our friend, one of ten winners of the annual Worldwide Robotics contest.

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Other Word Forms

pridefully adverb
pridefulness noun
unprideful adjective
unpridefully adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prideful¹

pride ( def. ) + -ful ( def. )

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The depictions of Klingons have shifted over the years, but it’s clear Takei is invoking the more brutal, prideful and authoritarian version introduced in the original series in the 1960s.

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Moreover, waving the flag of a foreign country isn’t prideful, or politically smart in the least.

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Reese, a passionate, prideful forward, immediately got up to yell at her shorter rival.

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While I firmly believe moviegoing audiences should be less averse to slow pacing, there’s an almost prideful lack of explanation for the context of images flickering across the screen.

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She was not just prideful; she was bragging.

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