Apologetic
Apologetic adjective - Feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done.
Prideful is an antonym for apologetic.
Prideful
Prideful adjective - Having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself.
Usage example: prideful intellectuals long considered rock music unworthy of serious study
Apologetic is an antonym for prideful.
Both words in one sentence
- HAL 9000 of 2001: A Space Odyssey speaks in an eerily calm and soothing voice, though he occasionally displays some emotions: prideful and even apologetic and, at the last, fearful, making him the most developed character in the film.
Source: Creepy Monotone
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