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Definitions for: Proud
[adj] having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"
[adj] feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure's 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: arrogant, beaming, big, bigheaded, boastful, braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, chesty, cock-a-hoop, conceited, crowing, dignified, disdainful, egotistic, egotistical, gallant, glorious, gratifying, haughty, house-proud, illustrious, impressive, lofty, lordly, majestic, overproud, persnickety, pleased, prideful, proud of(p), purse-proud, redoubtable, respected, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing, self-conceited, self-important, self-respectful, self-respecting, shabby-genteel, sniffy, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, supercilious, swaggering, swelled, swollen, swollen-headed, too big for one's breeches, uppish, vain, vainglorious
Antonyms: humble
See Also: immodest
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