prideworthy

English

Alternative forms

  • pride-worthy

Etymology

From pride +‎ -worthy.

Adjective

prideworthy (comparative more prideworthy, superlative most prideworthy)

  1. Worthy of pride or of being proud.
    • 2013, Roger Giner-Sorolla, Judging Passions: Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups:
      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).
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