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).

Related terms

• pridesome
• proud