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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The Lebanese are a prideful people and see themselves in Ajram.
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Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026
Among its members, privacy is a foreign concept and self-expression is often seen as prideful.
—Maria Giesbrecht, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Remember the Icy Hot spread thick across our parents’ prideful backs after a twelve hour shift at work.
—Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian once scolded Americans for failing to realize that his people are prideful and vain, and that negotiations meant to humiliate and insult them won’t get far.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
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Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026
Among its members, privacy is a foreign concept and self-expression is often seen as prideful.
—Maria Giesbrecht, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Remember the Icy Hot spread thick across our parents’ prideful backs after a twelve hour shift at work.
—Yesika Salgado, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
The former Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian once scolded Americans for failing to realize that his people are prideful and vain, and that negotiations meant to humiliate and insult them won’t get far.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
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 15 May. 2026.
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