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prideful
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant |
| Synonyms: | aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky*, cocky*, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lofty, lordly, on an ego trip, on one's high horse, overbearing, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up*, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | self-respecting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | proud |
| Synonyms: | bloated, boastful, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, dismissive, domineering, egotistic, egotistical, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, huffy, imperious, insolent, lofty, narcissistic, ostentatious, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, prideful, puffed up, scornful, self-satisfied, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, vain, vainglorious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Command. |
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-adjectives
commanding; authoritative; decretory, decretive, decretal; callable, jussive.
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