prideful

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adjective

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
- "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
• Syn:
disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
• Similar to:
proud
• Derivationally related forms:
superciliousness (for: supercilious), overbearingness (for: overbearing), lordliness (for: lordly), imperiousness (for: imperious), haughtiness (for: haughty), disdainfulness (for: disdainful)
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
• Similar to:
elated
• Derivationally related forms:
triumph (for: triumphant), triumph (for: triumphal), pridefulness, jubilancy (for: jubilant), jubilate (for: jubilant), jubilance (for: jubilant), exult (for: exultant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  exultant, exulting, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant, disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering