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prideful
Synonyms and Antonyms of prideful
- prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study
disdainful, haughty, highfalutin (also hifalutin), lofty, lordly, proud, superior
complacent, conceited, egoistic, egotistic (also egotistical), important, self-assertive, self-conceited, self-contented, self-important, self-satisfied, smug, uppity, vain, vainglorious
arrogant, pretentious, sniffy, snobbish, stuck-up, supercilious
cavalier, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, swaggering
cocky, overconfident, presuming, presumptuous
bloated, boastful, bombastic, self-glorifying
audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, forward, impertinent, impudent, saucy
confident, presuming, self-assured, self-confident, sure
bossy, domineering, high-handed, imperious
- at the wedding the prideful snobs ignored their poor relations
assured, biggety (or biggity) [Southern & Midland], bigheaded, complacent, conceited, consequential, egoistic (also egoistical), egotistic (or egotistical), important, overweening, pompous, proud, self-conceited, self-important, self-opinionated, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-up, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
blusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering
arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, disdainful, fastuous, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-hat, huffy, lofty, lordly, masterful, peremptory, pontifical, self-asserting, self-assertive, snobbish, snobby, snooty, supercilious, superior, toplofty (also toploftical), uppish, uppity
domineering, high-handed, imperious
highfalutin (also hifalutin), holier-than-thou, pretentious
overconfident, presuming, presumptuous
confident, self-assured, self-confident
self-adulatory, self-congratulatory, self-contented, self-gratulatory
self-applauding, self-dramatizing, self-glorifying, self-promoting
- flashed a prideful smile as she received her college diploma
cock-a-hoop, crank [chiefly dialect], crowing, exultant, exulting, glorying, jubilant, proud, rejoicing, triumphant
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