About The Word Proud
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Proud
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What's The Definition Of Proud?
[adj] having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
[adj] feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure's your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Proud: arrogant | beaming | big | bigheaded | boastful | braggart(a) | bragging(a) | braggy | chesty | cock-a-hoop | conceited | crowing | dignified | disdainful | egotistic | egotistical | gallant | glorious | gratifying | haughty | house-proud | illustrious | impressive | lofty | lordly | majestic | overproud | persnickety | pleased | prideful | proud of(p) | purse-proud | redoubtable | respected | self-aggrandising | self-aggrandizing | self-conceited | self-important | self-respectful | self-respecting | shabby-genteel | sniffy | snooty | snot-nosed | snotty | stuck-up | supercilious | swaggering | swelled | swollen | swollen-headed | too big for one's breeches | uppish | vain | vainglorious Related Terms | Find terms related to Proud: See Also | immodest Proud In Webster's Dictionary \Proud\, a. [Compar. {Prouder}; superl. {Proudest}.] [OE.
proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel.
pr[=u][eth]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.
{Pride}.]
1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
(a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;
haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the
weaker seek. --Milton.
O death, made proud with pure and princely
beauty ! --Shak.
And shades impervious to the proud world's
glare. --Keble.
(b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;
exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of
one's country. ``Proud to be checked and soothed.''
--Keble.
Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
--Thackeray.
2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;
worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;
admirable; ostentatious. ``Of shadow proud.'' --Chapman.
``Proud titles.'' --Shak. `` The proud temple's height.''
--Dryden.
Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are
mantled with a golden cloud. --Keble.
3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the
females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.
Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation
of compounds which, for the most part, are
self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,
proud-swelling.
{Proud flesh} (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of
granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
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