PROUD

gallant, lofty, majestic, proud

(adjective) having or displaying great dignity or nobility; “a gallant pageant”; “lofty ships”; “majestic cities”; “proud alpine peaks”

proud

(adjective) feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; “proud parents”; “a proud moment”; “proud to serve his country”; “a proud name”; “proud princes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Proud (plural Prouds)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Proud is the 21034^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1250 individuals. Proud is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• pour'd, pudor

Etymology

Adjective

proud (comparative prouder or more proud, superlative proudest or most proud)

Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

That makes one feel proud (of something one did)

Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.

(chiefly, biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.

Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

(Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.

Standing out or raised; swollen.

(obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.

(obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

Synonyms

• See also arrogant

Antonyms

• ashamed

Anagrams

• pour'd, pudor

Source: Wiktionary

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Proud, a. [Compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] Etym: [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruedhr 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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