prideful

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.L.Shirer
adjective joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

From Middle English pridefulle, prydefull, equivalent to pride + -ful.

Here would be refined eating of a dinner of herbs, solaced by talk of prideful yesterdays. — The Yeoman Adventurer, George W. Gough
'Hark ye,' he said, his face dark, 'this prideful Sir Marhaus, waiting so long, hath made his terms the harder. — King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls, Henry Gilbert
If young Mr. Winslow had been, indirectly, the cause for her prideful deportment before her own colour, it was likewise Mr. Winslow who shortly was to be the instrument for humbling her into the dust. — From Place to Place, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

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