Proud
[praʊd]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
(superl.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
(superl.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
(superl.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
(superl.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.[2]. Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.[3]. Grand, stately, noble.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Arrogant, haughty, imperious, supercilious, presumptuous, boastful,vain_glorious, vain, ostentatious, elated, self-satisfied, lofty, imposing,magnificent, self-conscious
ANT:Deferential, humble, affable, unpresuming, meek, lowly, ashamed, unimposing,mean
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Definition
adj. having excessive self-esteem: arrogant: haughty: having a proper sense of what is becoming: daring: grand: ostentatious: giving reason for pride or boasting.—n. Proud′-flesh a growth or excrescence of flesh in a wound.—adjs. Proud′-heart′ed (Shak.) having a proud spirit; Proud′ish somewhat proud.—adv. Proud′ly.—adj. Proud′-mind′ed (Shak.) proud in mind.—n. Proud′ness the state or quality of being proud: pride.—adjs. Proud′-pied (Shak.) gorgeously variegated; Proud′-stom′ached of haughty spirit arrogant.
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Examples
- His proud heart rebelled against this change. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I should like to be the representative of Oxford, with its beauty and its learning, and its proud old history. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- So we who are democrats need not believe that the people are necessarily right in their choice: some of us are always in the minority, and not a little proud of the distinction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He used to tell me that I was the most beautiful woman in Louisiana, he was so proud of me and the children. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm very proud of him and should like you to see him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You are a generous boy--I suppose I must say, young man, now--and I am proud of you, my dear. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She looked like a woman with a monomania, furtive almost, but heavily proud. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now I am sure that you would not be too proud to earn the price of a new dress, would you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but _he_ had never seen anything but affability in her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- By heaven, he is the proudest fellow breathing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Art’s proudest triumph is to imitate nature. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- From one of the proudest families in Kentucky he had inherited a set of fine European features, and a high, indomitable spirit. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I don't wish to make you vain, but I must confess that I'm prouder of my handsome husband than of all his money. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A prouder, a higher-minded man than yourself does not exist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Perhaps they were a little prouder in their downfall than in their prosperity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- All day she haunted the room, jealous of any other nurse, and prouder of being chosen then than of any honor her life ever brought her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The late Marquess of Londonderry flattered my vanity, and made me prouder than ever my conquest of Lord Worcester could do, by merely looking at me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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