Definition of Proud
1. Adjective. Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride. "Proud princes"
Also: Immodest
Similar to: Arrogant, Chesty, Self-important, Beaming, Big, Swelled, Vainglorious, Bigheaded, Persnickety, Snooty, Snot-nosed, Snotty, Stuck-up, Too Big For One's Breeches, Uppish, Big, Boastful, Braggart, Bragging, Braggy, Cock-a-hoop, Crowing, Self-aggrandising, Self-aggrandizing, Dignified, Self-respectful, Self-respecting, Disdainful, Haughty, Imperious, Lordly, Overbearing, Prideful, Sniffy, Supercilious, Swaggering, Conceited, Egotistic, Egotistical, Self-conceited, Swollen, Swollen-headed, Vain, House-proud, Overproud, Pleased, Proud Of, Purse-proud, Shabby-genteel
Antonyms: Humble
2. Adjective. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility. "Proud alpine peaks"
Definition of Proud
1. a. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
Definition of Proud
1. Adjective. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event. ¹
2. Adjective. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves. ¹
3. Adjective. (context: especially Biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious. ¹
4. Adjective. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant. ¹
6. Adjective. Standing out or raised; swollen. ¹
7. Adjective. (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat. ¹
8. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proud
1. having or displaying pride [adj PROUDER, PROUDEST] : PROUDLY [adv]
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Literary usage of Proud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"The shame that attends religion lies also as a block in their way : they are
proud and haughty, and religion in their eye is low and contemptible ..."
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