prideful

American  

[prahyd-fuhl] / ˈpraɪd fəl /

adjective

1. thinking too highly of oneself; conceited, arrogant, or overconfident.

   I was too bitter and prideful and didn't think I needed the Addiction Recovery meetings, so I didn’t go.

2. full of a legitimate sense of self-worth or satisfaction because of one’s own or another’s accomplishment.

   It is a prideful moment for us as we congratulate our friend, one of ten winners of the annual Worldwide Robotics contest.

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Other Word Forms

• pridefully adverb
• pridefulness noun
• unprideful adjective
• unpridefully adverb

Etymology

Origin of prideful

pride ( def. ) + -ful ( def. )

Example Sentences

Pathetic and prideful, yet ultimately a principled father, Oscar tries to revitalize his nonexistent career by encouraging one of his students to pursue poetry.

From Los Angeles Times

And the idea that what we think is right trumps everything and that our children are just extensions of ourselves, accessories, things to be judged in relation to us, as either prideful or shameful.

From Los Angeles Times

The depictions of Klingons have shifted over the years, but it’s clear Takei is invoking the more brutal, prideful and authoritarian version introduced in the original series in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times

Reese, a passionate, prideful forward, immediately got up to yell at her shorter rival.

From Salon

While I firmly believe moviegoing audiences should be less averse to slow pacing, there’s an almost prideful lack of explanation for the context of images flickering across the screen.

From Salon

Related Words

• dignified
• proud
• self-respecting
• upstanding