prideful

  • (s) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
    • haughty aristocrats
    • his lordly manners were offensive
    • walked with a prideful swagger
    • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
    • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
    • "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
    haughty, imperious, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering, disdainful, lordly, overbearing,
  • (s) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
    • rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day
    • a triumphal success
    • a triumphant shout
    exultant, exulting, jubilant, rejoicing, triumphant, triumphal,

Synonyms

haughty imperious sniffy supercilious swaggering disdainful lordly overbearing exultant exulting jubilant rejoicing triumphant triumphal

Words of close approximity

pridefulness