meaning of proud
1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
2. Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating ones excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
3. Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of ones country.
4. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
5. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
6. having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine
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Related Words
proud | proud flesh | proud of | proudhon | proudish | proudling | proudly | proudness |
