What does prideful mean?
Prideful means Full of pride..
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/ˈpɹʌɪdfəl/ · adjective
Full of pride..
The man is ill-tempered, envious, and above all prideful.
Where is the candle choice? the curtained charm? / Where each accompaniment we would espy? / The ever-wanted change, all clean and dry, / The wholesome gearing of the tiny form? / The father prideful as the scene reveals? / And the fond mother smiling as she feels?
But, like Dad, I had certain standards that I lived by. Whatever I did, I determined to do the best I could at it. I was prideful about keeping my word and starting what I finished.
When the English fascist Oswald Mosley’s gangs marched through the Jewish East End of London in 1936, they shouted, “Down with the Yids.” Throughout history, plenty of other Jew haters have used the term in exactly this fashion. But Tottenham fans actually apply the moniker to themselves in a complimentary, prideful way.
Use prideful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prideful means Full of pride..
Common synonyms include arrogant, disdainful, haughty, elated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The man is ill-tempered, envious, and above all prideful.
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