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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

haughty or exalted with pride;

e.g. She was too prideful to let herself be seen with someone from a lower class.

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Similar Words

Assured

Biggety

Cock-a-hoop

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Consequential

Crank

Disdainful

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-toned

Highfalutin

Hoity-toity

Important

Inner-directed

Jubilant

Lofty

Lordly

Overweening

Pompous

Proud

Rejoicing

Self-aggrandizing

Self-applauding

Self-contained

Self-directed

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Self-glorifying

Self-poised

Superior

Than

Unblinking

Unselfconscious

Vain

Vainglorious

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Opposite Words

Acquiescent

Apologetic

Bashful

Compliant

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Down-to-earth

Homely

Humble

Ingratiating

Introverted

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Mousy

Other-directed

Overmodest

Passive

Quiet

Reserved

Resigned

Retiring

Self-critical

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Self-forgetful

Self-giving

Self-questioning

Sheepish

Shy

Subdued

Submissive

Timid

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Yielding

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Related Words

Abhorrent

Affected

Aristocratic

Arrogant

Assumptive

Assured

Audacious

Bloated

Bold

Bombastic

Bossy

Braggart

Brash

Brassy

Bumptious

Cavalier

Cheeky

Chesty

Cocksure

Cocky

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Confident

Contemptuous

Disdainful

Domineering

Ecstatic

Egocentric

Egotistical

Elated

Elitist

Euphoric

Familiar

Fastuous

Forward

Free

Grandiose

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-sounding

Highfalutin

Holier-than-thou

Huffy

Imperious

Impertinent

Important

Impudent

La-di-da

Lofty

Lordly

Magisterial

Masterful

Narcissistic

Ostentatious

Overbearing

Overconfident

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Patronizing

Peremptory

Persnickety

Pompous

Pontifical

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Saucy

Scornful

Secure

Self-absorbed

Self-applauding

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-centered

Self-dramatizing

Self-glorifying

Self-important

Self-infatuated

Self-obsessed

Self-oriented

Self-preoccupied

Self-regarding

Self-satisfied

Self-seeking

Self-serving

Selfish

Shameless

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Snobbish

Snobby

Snooty

Snotty

Solipsistic

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Sure

Toffee

Toplofty

Unabashed

Unashamed

Unblushing

Unembarrassed

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

Victorious

Winning

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