Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth.
- adjective Occasioning or being a reason for pride.
- adjective Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect.
- adjective Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem.
- adjective Of great dignity; honored.
- adjective Majestic; magnificent.
- adjective Spirited. Used of an animal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be proud or haughty.
- To be full of spirit or animation; be gay.
- To be excited by sexual desire.
- To make or render proud.
- Having or cherishing a high opinion of one's own merits; showing great or lofty self-esteem; expecting great deference or consideration; haughty; full of pride.
- Having a worthy and becoming sense of what is due to one's self; self-respecting: as, too proud to beg.
- Priding one's self; having high satisfaction; elated: as, proud to serve a cause.
- Proceeding from pride; daring; dignified.
- Of fearless or untamable spirit; full of vigor or mettle.
- Giving reason or occasion for pride, congratulation, or boasting; suggesting or exciting pride; ostentatious; grand; gorgeous; magnificent.
- Full; high; swelled.
- Stately, noble. See references under pride.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense.
- adjective Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
- adjective Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with
of . - adjective Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
- adjective Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
- adjective (Med.) a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Gratified ; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event. - adjective Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
- adjective Having too high an opinion of oneself;
arrogant ,supercilious . - adjective Generating a sense of
pride ; being a cause for pride. - adjective obsolete
Brave ,valiant ;gallant . - adjective Standing out or
raised ;swollen . - adjective obsolete Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
- adjective Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the southern United States.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or displaying great dignity or nobility
- adjective feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I am proud of my position, because proud of being proud
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For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him, proud that in a cause of compassion and honour he had been able to get the better of himself.
Chapter LII 1917
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_thought_ 'gentlemen;' so general is this desire amongst the youth of this proud money making nation, that thousands upon thousands of them are, at this moment, in a state which may end in starvation; not so much because they are too _lazy_ to earn their bread, as because they are too _proud_!
The Young Man's Guide William A. Alcott 1824
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After a childhood spent "surveiling" the protected "legitimate" family, a term proud Gwen hates, rebellious teenaged Dana inserts herself into her half-sister's life, with tragic results.
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After a childhood spent "surveiling" the protected "legitimate" family, a term proud Gwen hates, rebellious teenaged Dana inserts herself into her half-sister's life, with tragic results.
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Badu has all the freakiness, ambition, and relevance that bigger or fresher names get credited for, and is one of the few "neo-soul" artists still doing the label proud, but doesn't get the same hype.
Slate Magazine Ann Powers 2011
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Just as he was finishing the second window, Emma traced inside the scant light of the bedroom and smiled softly at him, her expression proud.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Cecilia sailed gracefully past, her expression proud, unruffled.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
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Cecilia sailed gracefully past, her expression proud, unruffled.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
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Cecilia sailed gracefully past, her expression proud, unruffled.
A Hopeless Romantic Harriet Evans 2006
erika commented on the word proud
A peacock is a proud animal.
May 14, 2009
luckyluc commented on the word proud
stolz
feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act
May 14, 2009
kayo commented on the word proud
feeling satisfied to do
May 14, 2009
ayuko commented on the word proud
I'm proud of my best friend.
May 14, 2009
rie commented on the word proud
*feeling pleased and satisfied about something we own or we do
*having respect for ourselves
*self-esteem
*confidence
May 14, 2009
bilby commented on the word proud
"These seedlings need to be planted just proud of ground level."
- presenter, Gardening Australia (tv show), 21 July 2012.
July 21, 2012