PRIDEFUL Synonyms: 173 Similar and Opposite Words

prideful

adjective

ˈprīd-fəl

Definition of prideful

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 True to its name, the pub in Overland Park housed more than 100 passionate and prideful Dutch supporters who came together to watch the Netherlands face Japan in what some are calling the game of the World Cup so far. — Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026 The Long Good Friday (1980) Morals and ethics are at the heart of this British crime classic, which follows Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins), a prideful London gangster with lofty ambitions to restore England to its former glory. — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026 But Randle is a prideful player, and a move to the second unit would likely be considered a demotion in his eyes. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 13 May 2026 The Lebanese are a prideful people and see themselves in Ajram. — Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for prideful

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Turns out America’s enthusiasm for itself has gone into a bit of a rut—more than 80% of Americans felt proud in 2010, but only 53% feel that way today.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
The New York Film Festival is proud to welcome back Cinephile for our fifth year of NYFF Trivia Night events during the festival at the EBM Amphitheater!

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of proud

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Each of these decisions laid the groundwork for the war on Iran today, one that started without a clear strategy on the arrogant expectation of a quick victory.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The data center industry is only one face of an arrogant oligarchy that people believe now runs Congress, the courts, the White House, state legislatures and local governments.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of arrogant

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Check the artist calendar before booking, since your friend’s triumphant TikTok posted on Sunday says very little about Wednesday’s fete.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
And because Kennerly has captured moments both triumphant and horrific, a warning, some of these pictures are graphic.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of triumphant

Adjective

Hermetically sealed tableaux of haughty models daring you to look away from their perfection.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
All of those have sometimes been used to paint Rodgers in a certain way – usually as aloof or haughty in articles that typically were unflattering.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of haughty

Adjective

Historian Sandgruber describes how Alois Hitler wrote his 1895 letters in a deeply smug, anti-clerical manner that overestimated his abilities.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 June 2026
Li at times plays Cola with a smug impetuousness that belies her naivety about this world to a satisfying degree.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of smug

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The result was an eruption of buoyant experimentation, blending the organic and electronic with ecstatic melodies and avant-garde textures.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
Third, the powder and paint was relentless to the point of ecstatic madness—exactly as Jouvert is meant to be.

— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of ecstatic

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Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026

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