pridefulness
noun
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prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study
at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations
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For the Connecticut Sun and its fans, the past is prideful, the future is murky.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
Admittedly, that’s attributable less to Kahn himself — who remains as prideful and abrasive as ever, only now with a noticeably different voice — than the narrative function his character serves.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
This city, storied and prideful, and this fanbase, once spoiled and stringent with its standards, know their worth.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 18 July 2025
Wentworth needed to find some humility to temper his natural prideful streak.
—Brandon Taylor, Time, 17 July 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
Admittedly, that’s attributable less to Kahn himself — who remains as prideful and abrasive as ever, only now with a noticeably different voice — than the narrative function his character serves.
—Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
This city, storied and prideful, and this fanbase, once spoiled and stringent with its standards, know their worth.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 18 July 2025
Wentworth needed to find some humility to temper his natural prideful streak.
—Brandon Taylor, Time, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for prideful
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“Prideful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prideful. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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