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1. (adj.) proud
feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as honorable or creditable to oneself.
2. proud
having or showing self-respect or self-esteem.
3. proud
giving a sense of pride; highly gratifying:
a proud moment.
4. proud
highly honorable or creditable:
a proud achievement.
5. proud
having or showing an inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, superiority, etc.; arrogant; haughty.
6. proud
stately, majestic, or magnificent:
proud cities.
7. proud
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pleased; happy:
I'm proud to meet you.
8. proud
full of vigor and spirit:
a proud stallion.
9. proud
Obs. brave.
10. (adv.) proud
do one proud,
11. proud
to be a source of pride or credit to a person.
12. proud
to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) proud
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure 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"
2. (adj) gallant, lofty, majestic, proud
having or displaying great dignity or nobility
"a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
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1. (adjective) proud
feeling happy that you have done or are part of sth good
I'm proud of the hard work I've done.; The students are very proud of their school.; proud to be a soldier
2. proud
feeling you are better than others
a proud man who would not admit his mistakes; "Look at what I did," he said proudly.; She still proudly refuses to admit she was wrong.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. proud
feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
2. proud
possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous
3. proud
having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country
4. proud
giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious
5. proud
excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals
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Sense: feeling pleasure or satisfaction at one's achievements, possessions, connections etc
He was proud of his new house; She was proud of her son's achievements; He was proud to play football for the school.
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 Afrikaans: trots |
 Arabic: فَخور |
 Bulgarian: горд |
 Brazilian: orgulhoso |
 Czech: pyšný |
 German: stolz |
 Danish: stolt |
 Greek: περήφανος |
 Spanish: orgulloso (de) |
 Estonian: uhke |
 Farsi: مفتخر؛ سربلند |
 Finnish: ylpeä |
 French: fier (de) |
 Hebrew: גֶאֶה |
 Hindi: गर्वित |
 Hungarian: büszke |
 Indonesian: bangga |
 Icelandic: stoltur |
 Italian: orgoglioso, fiero |
 Japanese: 誇る |
 Korean: 자랑으로 생각하는 |
 Lithuanian: besididžiuojantis |
 Latvian: lepns |
 Malay: bangga |
 Dutch: trots |
 Norwegian: stolt, kry |
 Polish: dumny |
 Persian: مفتخر؛ سربلند |
 Pashto: سرلوړى |
 Portuguese: orgulhoso |
 Romanian: mândru (de) |
 Russian: гордый |
 Slovak: pyšný |
 Slovenian: ponosen |
 Serbian: ponosan |
 Swedish: stolt |
 Thai: ภูมิใจในตนเอง |
 Turkish: gururlu |
 Taiwanese: 得意的，自豪的 |
 Ukrainian: гордий |
 Urdu: نازاں |
 Vietnamese: tự hào |
 Chinese: 得意的，自豪的 |
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