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I'm very prideful about my school.
Here are two suggestions for avoiding or abandoning a prideful attitude.
He's just so smug and prideful.
His greatest fear is being embarrassed - he's very prideful.
I used to feel like if I hung my diplomas, it was too prideful.
Some people are so prideful they can't stand being corrected.
He's never cocky or prideful.