Synonyms for prideful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : prahyd
Phonetic Transcription : praɪd

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Définition of prideful

Origin :
  • c.1500, from pride (n.) + -ful. Related: Pridefully; pridefulness. Old English had prutswongor "overburdened with pride."
  • adj arrogant
  • adj proud
Example sentences :
  • 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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