from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
prideful
adj 1: 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 [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty},
{imperious}, {lordly}, {overbearing}, {prideful},
{sniffy}, {supercilious}, {swaggering}]
2: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success;
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal
success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: {exultant}, {exulting},
{jubilant}, {prideful}, {rejoicing}, {triumphal},
{triumphant}]