The meaning of PROUD is feeling or showing pride. How to use proud in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Proud.

PROUD definition: 1. feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have done or got…. Learn more.

Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth: proud of one's child; proud to serve one's country.

There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word proud, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Some common synonyms of proud are arrogant, disdainful, haughty, insolent, lordly, overbearing, and supercilious. While all these words mean "showing scorn for inferiors," proud may suggest …

People in the city are very proud of the new opera house. She's a proud, independent woman. You should be proud of your achievements. Are you proud of what you've done? The manager …

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The Proud Family is an American animated sitcom created by Bruce W. Smith that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons from September 15, 2001, to August 19, 2005. The series …

Proud implies sensitiveness, lofty self-respect, or jealous preservation of one's dignity, station, and the like. It may refer to an affectionate admiration of or a justifiable pride concerning …

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