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Definition of Pridefulness
1. Noun. A feeling of self-respect and personal worth.
Generic synonyms: Feeling
Specialized synonyms: Dignity, Self-regard, Self-respect, Self-worth, Self-esteem, Self-pride, Ego, Egotism, Self-importance, Amour Propre, Conceit, Self-love, Vanity
Antonyms: Humility
Derivative terms: Prideful
Definition of Pridefulness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being prideful; pride. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pridefulness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pridefulness
Literary usage of Pridefulness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Paradise Or Garden of the Holy Fathers: Being Histories of the by Athanasius (1907)
"This man, I say, after [performing] many labours was also seized by the passion
of boasting and pridefulness, and he wavered and fell; and he evolved in his ..."
2. The Paradise Or Garden of the Holy Fathers: Being Histories of the by Athanasius, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, ʻAnân-Îshôʻ (1907)
"This man, I say, after [performing] many labours was also seized by the passion
of boasting and pridefulness, and he wavered and fell; and he evolved in his ..."
3. Ten Tudor Statesmen by Arthur Donald Innes (1906)
"But this charm was accompanied by an insatiable ambition, pridefulness, and fiery
temper, which effectually prevented him from making any attempt to ..."
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