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Prideful Moderate

Prideful has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
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"

2

joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"

"a triumphal success"

"a triumphant shout"

3

Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.

Example Sentences
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines" adjective
"haughty aristocrats" adjective
"his lordly manners were offensive" adjective
"walked with a prideful swagger" adjective
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette" adjective
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air" adjective
"a more swaggering mood than usual" adjective
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day" adjective
"a triumphal success" adjective
"a triumphant shout" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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