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proud

[proud]

adjective, -er, -est, adverb

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–adjective

1.	feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often fol. by of, an infinitive, or a clause).

2.	having, proceeding from, or showing a high opinion of one's own dignity, importance, or superiority.

3.	having or showing self-respect or self-esteem.

4.	highly gratifying to the feelings or self-esteem: It was a proud day for him when his son entered college.

5.	highly honorable or creditable: a proud achievement.

6.	stately, majestic, or magnificent: proud cities.

7.	of lofty dignity or distinction: a proud name; proud nobles.

8.	Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pleased; happy: I'm proud to meet you.

9.	full of vigor and spirit: a proud young stallion.

10.	Obsolete. brave.

—Idiom

11.

do one proud,

a.	to be a source of pride or credit to a person: His conduct in such a difficult situation did him proud.

b.	to treat someone or oneself generously or lavishly: You really did us proud with this supper.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; late OE prūd, prūt arrogant (c. ON prūthr stately, fine), appar. < VL; cf. OF prud, prod gallant, LL prōde useful, L prōdesse to be of worth

Related forms:

proudly, adverb

proudness, noun

Synonyms:
1. contented, self-satisfied. 2. overbearing, self-important, disdainful, imperious, presumptuous. Proud, arrogant, haughty imply a consciousness of, or a belief in, one's superiority in some respect. 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 someone else: proud of his son. Arrogant applies to insolent or overbearing behavior, arising from an exaggerated belief in one's importance: arrogant rudeness. Haughty implies lofty reserve and confident, often disdainful assumption of superiority over others: the haughty manner of the butler in the play. 6. noble, imposing, splendid.

Antonyms:
1. dissatisfied. 2. humble. 5. dishonorable. 6. mean; impoverished; lowly.

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proud (proud)

adj. proud·er, proud·est

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.
Occasioning or being a reason for pride: "On January 1, 1900, Americans and Europeans greeted the twentieth century in the proud and certain belief that the next hundred years would make all things possible" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect.
Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem.
Of great dignity; honored: a proud name.
Majestic; magnificent: proud alpine peaks.
Spirited. Used of an animal: proud steeds.

[Middle English, from Old English prūd, from Old French prou, prud, brave, virtuous, oblique case of prouz, from Vulgar Latin *prōdis, from Late Latin prōde, advantageous, from Latin prōdesse, to be good : prōd-, for (variant of prō-, with d on the model of red-, prevocalic variant of re-, back, again; see pro-¹) + esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
proud'ly adv., proud'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean characterized by an inflated ego and disdain for what one considers inferior: Proud can suggest justifiable self-satisfaction but often implies conceit: "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight" (Woodrow Wilson).
One who is arrogant is overbearingly proud and demands excessive power or consideration: an arrogant and pompous professor, unpopular with students and colleagues alike.
Haughty suggests proud superiority, as by reason of high status: "Her laugh was satirical, and so was the habitual expression of her arched and haughty lip" (Charlotte Brontë).
Disdainful emphasizes scorn or contempt: "Nor [let] grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,/The short and simple annals of the poor" (Thomas Gray).
Supercilious implies haughty disdain and aloofness: "His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air" (Tobias Smollett).

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Proud

Proud\, a. [Compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel. pr[=u][eth]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf. Pride.]

1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.

Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek. --Milton.

O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty ! --Shak.

And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. --Keble. (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. "Proud to be checked and soothed." --Keble.

Are we proud men proud of being proud ? --Thackeray.

2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. "Of shadow proud." --Chapman. "Proud titles." --Shak. " The proud temple's height." --Dryden.

Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. --Keble.

3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.

Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling.

Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.

Language Translation for : proud

Spanish: orgulloso (de),

German: stolz,

Japanese: 誇る

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proud

late O.E. prud, prute, probably from O.Fr. prud, oblique case of adj. prouz "brave, valiant" (11c.), from L.L. prode "advantageous, profitable" (c.200), from L. prodesse "be useful," from pro- "before" + esse "to be." The sense of "have a high opinion of oneself," not in O.Fr., may reflect the Anglo-Saxons' opinion of the Norman knights who called themselves "proud." O.N. pruðr, probably from the same O.Fr. source, had only the sense "brave, gallant, magnificent, stately" (cf. Icel. pruður, M.Swed. prudh, M.Da. prud). Likewise a group of "pride" words in the Romance languages -- e.g. Fr. orgueil, It. orgoglio, Sp. orgullo -- are borrowings from Gmc., where they had positive senses (cf. O.H.G. urgol "distinguished"). Most I.E. languages use the same word for "proud" in its good and bad senses, but in many the bad sense seems to be the earlier one. The usual way to form the word is with some compound of words for "over" or "high" and words for "heart," "mood," "thought," or "appearance;" e.g. Gk. hyperephanos, lit. "over-appearing;" Goth. hauhþuhts, lit. "high-conscience." O.E. had ofermodig "over-moody" ("mood" in Anglo-Saxon was a much more potent word than presently) and heahheort "high-heart." Words for "proud" in other I.E. languages sometimes reflect a physical sense of being swollen or puffed up; cf. Welsh balch, prob. from a root meaning "to swell," and Modern Gk. kamari, from ancient Gk. kamarou "furnish with a vault or arched cover," with a sense evolution via "make an arch," to "puff out the chest," to "be puffed up" (cf. Eng. slang chesty).

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