prideful
Example Sentences
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The depictions of Klingons have shifted over the years, but it’s clear Takei is invoking the more brutal, prideful and authoritarian version introduced in the original series in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times
Moreover, waving the flag of a foreign country isn’t prideful, or politically smart in the least.
From Los Angeles Times
Reese, a passionate, prideful forward, immediately got up to yell at her shorter rival.
From Salon
While I firmly believe moviegoing audiences should be less averse to slow pacing, there’s an almost prideful lack of explanation for the context of images flickering across the screen.
From Salon
She was not just prideful; she was bragging.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
