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(proud) pronunciation
adj., proud·er, proud·est.
  1. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth: proud of one's child; proud to serve one's country.
  2. Occasioning or being a reason for pride: "On January 1, 1900, Americans and Europeans greeted the twentieth century in the proud and certain belief that the next hundred years would make all things possible" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
  3. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect.
  4. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem.
  5. Of great dignity; honored: a proud name.
  6. Majestic; magnificent: proud alpine peaks.
  7. Spirited. Used of an animal: proud steeds.

[Middle English, from Old English prūd, from Old French prou, prud, brave, virtuous, oblique case of prouz, from Vulgar Latin *prōdis, from Late Latin prōde, advantageous, from Latin prōdesse, to be good : prōd-, for (variant of prō- , with on the model of red- , prevocalic variant of re-, back, again; see pro-1) + esse, to be.]

proudly proud'ly adv.
proudness proud'ness n.

SYNONYMS   proud, arrogant, haughty, disdainful, supercilious. These adjectives mean characterized by an inflated ego and disdain for what one considers inferior: Proud can suggest justifiable self-satisfaction but often implies conceit: "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight" (Woodrow Wilson). One who is arrogant is overbearingly proud and demands excessive power or consideration: an arrogant and pompous professor, unpopular with students and colleagues alike. Haughty suggests proud superiority, as by reason of high status: "Her laugh was satirical, and so was the habitual expression of her arched and haughty lip" (Charlotte Brontë). Disdainful emphasizes scorn or contempt: "Nor [let] grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,/The short and simple annals of the poor" (Thomas Gray). Supercilious implies haughty disdain and aloofness: "His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air" (Tobias Smollett).


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adjective

  1. Properly valuing oneself, one's honor, or one's dignity: prideful, self-respecting. See respect/contempt/standing.
  2. Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance: arrogant, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, prideful, supercilious, superior. Idioms: on one's high horse. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.
  3. Marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor: brilliant, glorious, gorgeous, magnificent, resplendent, splendid, splendorous. See beautiful/ugly.

Idioms beginning with proud:
proud as a peacock

In addition to the idiom beginning with proud, also see do someone proud.


adj

Definition: arrogant, self-important
Antonyms: humble, meek, modest

adj

Definition: pleased, pleasing
Antonyms: ashamed, sad, sorry

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Much pleased. Also: Having too much self-esteem.

pronunciation To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light. — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

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sign description: The thumb of the A-hand rises up the center of the chest.




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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stolt, hovmodig, prægtig

idioms:

  • do proud    diske op for

Nederlands (Dutch)
trots, fier, blij, hooghartig, zelfrespect, statig

Français (French)
adj. - fier, heureux, orgueilleux (péj), grand (moment), (GB) protubérant, dépassement (d'une surface, d'un trou)

idioms:

  • do proud    traiter royalement, faire honneur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stolz, hochmütig

idioms:

  • do proud    eine Ehrung bereiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (υ)περήφανος, αγέρωχος, ακατάδεχτος, φαντασμένος, λαμπρός

idioms:

  • do proud    τιμώ

Italiano (Italian)
orgoglioso, superbo

idioms:

  • do proud    non privarsi di niente, trattarsi bene, trattare bene

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - orgulhoso, arrogante

idioms:

  • do proud    orgulhar-se

Русский (Russian)
гордый, похвальный

idioms:

  • do proud    угостить на славу

Español (Spanish)
adj. - orgulloso, soberbio

idioms:

  • do proud    tratar a cuerpo de rey, poner por las nubes

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stolt, ståtlig, imponerande, uppsvälld

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
骄傲的, 自豪的, 自大的

idioms:

  • do proud    养尊处优

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 驕傲的, 自豪的, 自大的

idioms:

  • do proud    養尊處優

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 거만한, 잘난 체하는

idioms:

  • do proud    기쁘게 해주다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 誇りに思って, 自尊心のある, 誇るに足る, みごとな, 堂々とした, 高慢な, 誇りとする, 尊大な, 高貴の

idioms:

  • do proud    誇りに思う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فخور, متكبر, مغرور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גא, גאה, יהיר, שחצן, מרשים, נפלא, מעורר גאווה מוצדקת, מתנפח סביב פצע (בשר), בולט במקצת על פני השטח (בריטניה)‬


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