prideful Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
   overbearing; haughty; swaggering; imperious; lordly; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
   
   • 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"- W.L.Shirer
2. adjective satellite joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
   triumphal; rejoicing; triumphant; exulting; exultant; jubilant.
   
   • rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day
   • a triumphal success
   • a triumphant shout

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