Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prideful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prideful \Pride"ful\, a.
Full of pride; haughty. --Tennyson. -- {Pride"ful*ly}, adv.
-- {Pride"ful-ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prideful
adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "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";
"shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty},
{lordly}, {sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]
2: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a
triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: {exultant},
{exulting}, {jubilant}, {rejoicing}, {triumphal}, {triumphant}]
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