cock-a-hoop
Boastfully, wildly pleased
Cock-a-hoop means exultantly triumphant or boastfully elated: He was cock-a-hoop after winning the contract.
The word suggests gleeful self-satisfaction, often to the point of smugness.
It's more common in British than American English and carries an old-fashioned flavor.
Extremely pleased, intensely glad
- ecstaticOverwhelmed with joy
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- thrilledOverjoyed beyond measure
- delightedFeeling great pleasure
gleeful · blissful · joyous · rapturous · over the moon · on cloud nine · in seventh heaven · tickled pink
Having achieved triumph
- exultantIntensely, visibly joyful
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- crowingTriumphant self-praise
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
swaggering · puffed up · self-congratulatory · smug · preening · vainglorious · chest-thumping · bragging
overjoyed
Extremely pleased, intensely glad
delighted · gleeful · blissful · joyous · rapturous · over the moon · on cloud nine · in seventh heaven · tickled pink · walking on air
victorious
Having achieved triumph
boastful · swaggering · puffed up · self-congratulatory · smug · preening · vainglorious · chest-thumping · bragging · strutting
cock-a-hoopcrestfallen
Sad from disappointment
dejected · despondent · downcast · heartbroken · disheartened