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PRIDEFUL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
Example:
a triumphant shout
Synonyms:
exultant; exulting; jubilant; prideful; rejoicing; triumphal; triumphant
Classified under:
Similar:
elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)
Derivation:
pridefulness (a feeling of self-respect and personal worth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example:
a more swaggering mood than usual
Synonyms:
disdainful; haughty; imperious; lordly; overbearing; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering
Classified under:
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
