prideful C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpraɪdfəl/ UK /ˈpraɪdfəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj full of pride, especially in an arrogant or disdainful way His prideful refusal to apologize cost him the friendship. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · full of pride, especially... arroganthaughtyproudconceiteddisdainfulvainegotistical ↔ Opposites humblemodestmeek Word family Derived forms pridefullypridefulness Related forms prideproud Etymology AI details From pride (from Old English pryde, prytu 'pride', from prud 'proud') + the suffix -ful. pryde Old English -ful Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # prideful **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpraɪdfəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpraɪdfəl/ ## Meanings 1. full of pride, especially in an arrogant or disdainful way ## Examples - His prideful refusal to apologize cost him the friendship. ## Synonyms - arrogant - haughty - proud - conceited - disdainful - vain - egotistical ## Antonyms - humble - modest - meek ## Derived Forms - pridefully - pridefulness ## Related Forms - pride - proud ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pryde - Root: -ful ## Etymology From pride (from Old English pryde, prytu 'pride', from prud 'proud') + the suffix -ful. ## AI Etymology Prideful is from pride (from Old English pryde, prytu 'pride', from prud 'proud') + the suffix -ful. Important recorded forms include pryde (Old English) and -ful (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers full of pride, especially in an arrogant or disdainful way. The wider family includes derived forms such as pridefully and pridefulness and related words such as pride and proud. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown