pridefulness

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pride·ful

(prīd′fəl)

adj.

1. Arrogant; disdainful.

2. Highly pleased; elated.

pride′ful·ly adv.

pride′ful·ness n.

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pridefulness

(ˈpraɪdfʊlnəs)

excessive or habitual pride

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Noun

pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

pride

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

dignity, self-regard, self-respect, self-worth - the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; "it was beneath his dignity to cheat"; "showed his true dignity when under pressure"

self-esteem, self-pride - a feeling of pride in yourself

ego, self-importance, egotism - an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity - feelings of excessive pride

pridefulness

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The quality of being arrogant:

arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, proudness, superciliousness, superiority.

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