Adjective: prideful
- 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, orgulous [archaic], toplofty [US, informal], fastuous [archaic]
- 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: cock-a-hoop [informal], elated, gleeful, gleesome [archaic], joyful, jubilant, on top of the world [informal], proud
Encyclopedia: Prideful