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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
In the novel, the moneyed and prideful Darcy’s aloofness betrays his uncertainty over whether to consort with those of lower station and lesser breeding.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Bick, the prideful Texan, is also granted a more redemptive character arc by Stevens and his screenwriters, Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, than the one Ferber provided.
—Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
This is a prideful team that knows it was dealt a bad hand this year.
—Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the more prideful teams in the NBA.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Bick, the prideful Texan, is also granted a more redemptive character arc by Stevens and his screenwriters, Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, than the one Ferber provided.
—Chris Vognar, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for prideful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prideful
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Their many successes and proud history are well known, so there are plenty of arguments to support Madrid in this competition… and also to want anyone but them to win it.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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For a bit of old soul Florida, head to Everglades City, a proud frontier town in subtropical swamp wilderness.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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There is something dangerously, provocatively arrogant about his glorified gang leader looks.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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The exiled poet was criticized for his arrogant attempts to influence British and American foreign policy.—
Graham Robb,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2025
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After over a decade, 'Ferris Bueller' star Mia Sara makes a triumphant red carpet return.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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This marked McGraw's triumphant return to the stage following a double knee replacement and three back surgeries.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Napoleon, the pig who takes despotic control of the farm following the revolution — voiced with haughty gusto by Seth Rogen — bears an uncanny resemblance to the current occupant of the White House.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Back to all the reasonably expressed horror about Trump expressed in haughty fashion, why all the parallel quietude about the Federal Reserve?—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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In a comedic twist, the Labrador retriever was filmed turning back to his owner during the drive, with a smug look on his face as if to boast about his comfortable spot.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
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The letter writer’s smug verbiage may play well in one-party Maryland, but nationally, Americans seek a more collaborative, less agitational approach to political dialogue and reject arrogant, elitist insults spouted by some Democrats.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Fans were ecstatic last summer when Jackson returned to the ABC sudser after nearly 10 years.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
5 June 2025
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News that a celebrity is pregnant isn’t often a big surprise, but Stewart, nearing 50, has been on a journey that has made her baby news something everyone is ecstatic about.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
4 June 2025
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Trump has even been disdainful or dismissive of the United States’ traditional allies, such as Mexico and Argentina.—
Christopher Sabatini,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Nov. 2017
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Wise minds inside the Trump administration will hopefully choose to drop a suit first introduced during by a Biden administration reflexively disdainful of big.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The men were very egotistical in this film and no one really showed up.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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In the upcoming film, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 May 2025
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“Prideful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prideful. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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