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Adjective: prideful
  1. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    "walked with a prideful swagger";
    - disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, sniffy [informal], supercilious, swaggering, toplofty [US, informal], orgulous [archaic]
     
  2. Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
    "prideful crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
    - exultant, exulting, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant

See also: elated, proud

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