prideful 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Examples
- 1.walked with a prideful swagger
- 2.his lordly manners were offensive
- 3.haughty aristocrats
- 4.very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- 5.some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- 6.his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- 7.a more swaggering mood than usual- W.L.Shirer
