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prideworthy

prideworthy adjective: worthy of pride or of being proud.

Adjective

prideworthy (comparative more prideworthy, superlative most prideworthy)

  1. Worthy of pride or of being proud.
    • Many adolescents go through a crisis when this kind of simple pride in a cherished group collides with appraisal-based evidence that the actions of the group are not all that pride-worthy (for me, it was the Boy Scouts).2013, Roger Giner-Sorolla, Judging Passions: Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

Forms of prideworthy

comparativemore prideworthy
superlativemost prideworthy
alternative formpride-worthy

Origin of prideworthy

From pride + -worthy.

Questions about prideworthy

What does prideworthy mean?
Prideworthy means worthy of pride or of being proud.
What part of speech is prideworthy?
Prideworthy is an adjective.

Words near prideworthy in the dictionary

  1. prides
  2. Prides Crossing
  3. pridesome
  4. pridewear
  5. prideweed
  6. prideworthy
  7. Pridgen
  8. Pridgens
  9. Pridgeon
  10. Pridgeons
  11. Pridgin

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