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as in proud
having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself
prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study
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as in arrogant
having too high an opinion of oneself
at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations
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as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
flashed a prideful smile as she received her college diploma
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Recent Examples of prideful
This is the Russia—and the Russians—that Obama inherited in 2009: prideful, angry, and in no mood for the sanctimony that came with the new administration’s stress on democracy promotion.
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Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Try topping that amusement for a player as prideful and rambunctious as McMichael.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
Lastly, these prideful lions go well with fiery Aries who not only understand their fire but can also encourage their shenanigans.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Venus in Leo takes a prideful approach to romantic relationships and finances.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 10 July 2024
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Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Try topping that amusement for a player as prideful and rambunctious as McMichael.
—Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2024
Lastly, these prideful lions go well with fiery Aries who not only understand their fire but can also encourage their shenanigans.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
Venus in Leo takes a prideful approach to romantic relationships and finances.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prideful
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Gregory is touched by the compliment and proud of his ability to connect with a student, but Darnell isn’t pleased with the idea of another man forming a bond with his son.Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The proud cat mom concluded her message by reminding fans to register to vote.Toria Sheffield, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Former Pink Floyd guitarist and singer David Gilmour made a triumphant return to New York’s Madison Square Garden Monday evening, opening the first of five dates at the World’s Most Famous Arena this week.David Chiu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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And yet, Trump and his MAGA movement are once again a coin flip away from a triumphant return to power.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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As haughty, naughty Nurse Redd on FX‘s Grotesquerie, Lesley Manville turned in one of the most memorable performances of the TV season.Andy Swift, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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This information doesn’t make the prospect of leaving her home painless, but Ruth approaches it with a haughty dignity that soon becomes familiar.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The smug conventional wisdom has it that voters don’t care much about abstractions like democracy or the rule of law.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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In 2007, when the wreck was found, the group was ecstatic.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just two days after the video of his costume went viral, Erin showed off her son's ecstatic reaction to receiving the tickets in yet another TikTok.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 3 Nov. 2024
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Sure, this is all meaningful information to most Star Wars fans, who know the Sith as the primary anti-Jedi order, disdainful of the Jedi rules about how and why to use the Force.Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Greer’s disdainful, stuck-up lines ooze out of Kidman’s mouth.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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From this noble, if admittedly egotistical goal, come gaslighting, madness, war, self-mutilation, and murder.James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Pharrell Williams’s egotistical fantasy Talent is not always original.Armond White, National Review, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Prideful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prideful. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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