Proud

Definition: Proud

Proud

Adjective

1. 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".

2. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "proud" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Proud \Proud\, adjective. [Comparative Prouder; superlative Proudest.]. (references)

Literature

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Proud

Convexity

Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca.

Pride

Verb: be proud; Adjective: put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, " bear like the Turk no rival near the throne ", carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs; (assume); boast.

Proud man, highflier; fine gentleman, fine lady.

Pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself; (vanity).

Haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride.

Adjective: dignified; stately; proud, proud-crested; lordly, baronial; lofty-minded; highsouled, high-minded, high-mettled, high-handed, high-plumed, high-flown, high-toned.

Repute

Verb: be conscious of glory; be proud of; (pride); exult; (boast); be vain of; (vanity).

Great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche; sacrosanct.

Vanity

Adjective: vain, proud as a peacock; conceited, overweening, pert, forward; vainglorious, high-flown; ostentatious; puffed up, inflated, flushed.

Crosswords: Proud

Czech (current, drift, flood, flow, flush, gush, jet, race, river, run, spout, stream, trend).

Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Your Dad was so proud of you. He knew you were a predominantly accelerated child (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

We are proud to fight alongside Men once again (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

You must be very proud. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Doesn't it make you proud to be Scottish (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

Proud Mary keep on burnin', (PROUD MARY; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Too proud to turn around (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base)

And I'm not too proud (Good; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Now you don't seem so proud (Like a Rolling Stone; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

Better sport that thong proud (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx)

Always try to be modest and be proud of it! (references; author: unknown)

Proud to Be British (1973)

Gay and Proud (1970)

The Six Proud Walkers (1962)

Death Be Not Proud (1961)

The Proud Rebel (1958)

Proud Mary (performing artist: Ike & Tina Turner)

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg (performing artist: TLC)

Proud Americans (performing artist: World Entertainment War)

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Books

• Cherokee Proud, NEW, 2nd Edition (reference)

• The Proud Bastards (reference)

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Periodicals

• Proud (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Walk the Proud Land (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Standing Wide Legged And Proud (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Proud father and child who received the 100 millionth smallpox vaccination. In background (right) Dr. J.D. Millar, Director, Bureau of State Services, CDC, and Mr. Gordon Robbins, Bureau of Smallpox Eradication, CDC, 1969. Credit: CDC.

A proud fisherman with his catch at the United States Atlantic Tuna Tournament. Credit: Fisheries.

Proud fishermen with their catch at the United States Atlantic Tuna Tournament. Credit: Fisheries.

Tools of the Trade: Public Affairs tools from the past for deploying and staying connected. From 16mm film to manual typewriters to trusty 35mm cameras, the professionals in Air Force public affairs have a proud heritage of telling the Air Force story. (U.

Proud volunteer looks at his accomplishments. Credit: Jill Williams.

Proud adopter on her wild horse. Credit: Unknown.

Enlist in a Proud Profession! / Edmundson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Jacket patch of the ship's insignia, as used in 1960. Note that the motto "Proud and Fearless" is misspelled in this example. Credit: NAVY.

Armor is heavy, yet is a proud burden and a man standeth straight in it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Walking on air she was so proud. Credit: Library of Congress.

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King James the first, in his speech to the parliament, 1603, tells them thus, I will ever prefer the weal of the public, and of the whole commonwealth, in making of good laws and constitutions, to any particular and private ends of mine; thinking ever the wealth and weal of the commonwealth to be my greatest weal and worldly felicity; a point wherein a lawful king doth directly differ from a tyrant: for I do acknowledge, that the special and greatest point of difference that is between a rightful king and an usurping tyrant, is this, that whereas the proud and ambitious tyrant doth think his kingdom and people are only ordained for satisfaction of his desires and unreasonable appetites, the righteous and just king doth by the contrary acknowledge himself to be ordained for the procuring of the wealth and property of his people. (Second Treatise of Government)

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans--born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage--and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world. (reference)

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He seemed not merely happy with her, but proud.

Nay! In those words there rings from other years The echo of a long low cry, Where a proud spirit wrestles with its tears In loneliest agony

Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors, and never invite them round to dinner

All this was said in a tone of proud humility, a desperate and resolute tone, which gave an indescribably whimsical grandeur to this oddly honest man.

And the men are proud, for of their knowledge they can make the year heavy

The gods must be proud, thought I, with such forked flashes to rout a poor unarmed fisherman

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Business

The company is proud to be the pioneer in using fiber- optic technology for the cable TV industry. (references)

The French people are very proud of their language to such an extent that there is a regulatory body, L'Academie Francaise, which attempts to keep the language as pure as possible. (references)

Economic History

Iceland

Icelanders remain especially proud of the role Iceland played in hosting the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavik, which set the stage for the end of the Cold War. (references)

Denmark

Danes are proud of their highly developed welfare safety net, which ensures that all Danes receive basic health care and need not fear real poverty. (references)

Syria

Syrians have contributed to Arabic literature and music and have a proud tradition of oral and written poetry. (references)

Travel

Egypt

Egyptians are a proud people who trace their civilization back 5,000 years. (references)

Bahamas

Persons present in The Bahamas on the night of December 25-26 or December 31-January 1 can enjoy a unique cultural experience by purchasing tickets to the annual Junkanoo Parade in downtown Nassau, a carnival similar to Mardi Gras of which Bahamians are justly proud. (references)

Bahamas

Many churches in The Bahamas have proud traditions of gospel choir singing, and church services can be quite lively. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Our proud lord

A proud lord

Proud

Expressions using "proud": as proud as lucifer ♦ be proud ♦ be proud of ♦ be proud to do ♦ become proud ♦ do oneself proud ♦ do proud ♦ do smb. proud ♦ make proud ♦ proud as a peacock ♦ proud as Lucifer ♦ proud day ♦ proud flesh ♦ proud moment ♦ proud of ♦ proud of his name ♦ proud of one's birth ♦ proud of one's decent ♦ proud person ♦ proud seam ♦ proud woman ♦ purse proud ♦ put on a proud performance ♦ Tarquin the Proud. Additional references.

Beginning with "proud": proud-blooded, proud-hearted, proud-rounded, proud-spirited, proud-stomached.

Ending with "proud": once-proud.

Afrikaans

trots. (various references)

Albanian

madhështor (brilliant, dignified, distinguished, exalted, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, monumental, olympian, palatial, princely, royal, spectacular, splendid, stately, sublime, superb), kryelartë (arrogant, cavalier, cocksy, cocky, conceited, consequential, haughty, high, lofty, lordly, proud-stomached, stuck up, supercilious, toplofty), krenar (high minded, prideful, sublime), fodull (supercilious), ballëlartë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فخور, ‏مغرور (allured, arrogant, cocky, conceited, dazzled, deceived, deluded, fooled, haughty, lured, misled, overweening, popinjay, self-conceited, self-important, snobbish, vain, vainglorious), ‏متفاخر (boastful, swollen), ‏متكبر (arrogant, conceited, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, snooty, supercilious, swank, swelling, upstage), ‏متغطرس (arrogant, conceited, haughty, imperious, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, overpeopled, overproud, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, snooty, supercilious), ‏متباه (boastful, ostentatious), ‏نشيط (active, adroit, alert, athletic, dapper, driving, energetic, forceful, hustler, jaunty, live wire, lively, robust, sharp, spirited, sprightly, spry, stout, strenuous, vigorous, vivacious), ‏ضخم (astronomic, astronomical, awful, big, bulking, bulky, bull, colossal, colossus, considerable, distend, elephantine, enormous, exaggerate, extend, exuberant, fat, gargantuan, ghastly, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, great, handsome, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, hulking, husky, immense, intense, jumbo, large, leviathan, liberal, mammoth, mass, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, palatial, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, round, royal, sizable, smart, strapping, strong, stupendous, sublime, swingeing, tall, tidy, titan, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), ‏المتفاخر (blow, boaster, brag, show off), ‏المتكبر (snob, stiff), ‏أبي, ‏باعث على الفخر. (various references)

Basque

harro (haughty). (various references)

Bulgarian 

славен (glorious), грандиозен (apocalyptic, awesome, colossal, grand, grandiose, spectacular, sublime), горделив (haughty, prideful, proud-spirited), горд (chesty, dignified, high minded, proud-spirited, sublime, vain), внушителен (awesome, compulsive, gallant, grave, handsome, heroic, imperial, imposing, impressive, noble, portly, towering), величествен (awesome, grand, imperial, jovian, kingly, lofty, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, olympian, regal, royal, sculpturesque, stately, statuesque, sublime), високомерен (airy, cavalier, domineering, grand, high and mighty, imperious, lofty, lordly, overweening, snooty, snuffy, stiff necked, top-lofty), надменен (airy, aloof, arrogant, assuming, assumptive, contemptuous, cool, disdainful, haughty, high, high and mighty, imperious, lofty, offhand, offish, overbearing, overweening, prideful, proud-stomached, remote, scornful, stand offish, stiff, stuck up, sublime, supercilious, superior, top-lofty, uppish), знаменит (celebrated, cunning, famous, glorious, gone, great, illustrious, inconceivable, lustrous, prominent, reputed, rousing, terrific), забележителен (eminent, extraordinary, incredible, memorable, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, salient, signal, some, thumping, unco, unique, unusual, wonderful), буен (bacchanalian, blustery, catchy, ebullient, exuberant, furious, gross, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, incandescent, jazz, jazzy, knockabout, lively, lush, luxuriant, obstreperous, opulent, phrenetic, prancing, profuse, puffy, puppyish, rambunctious, rampant, rank, riotous, roaring, rough, rough and tumble, rousing, rude, rumbustious, spicy, spirited, sweeping, thick, torrential, tumultuous, turbulent, unchecked, ungovernable, unruly, untamed, vigorous, violent, wanton, zizzi), придошъл (flush). (various references)

Chinese 

骄傲 (Prided, Priding), 驕矜 (haughty), 驕 (arrogant), 得 (a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect, allow, contented, degree or possibility, finished, gain, get, must, obtain, ought to, permit, proper, ready, suitable, to have to, to need to), 傲岸 (haughty), 傲 (arrogant, insolent, overbearing). (various references)

Czech

pyšný (lofty, vain), skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, brilliant, dashing, distinguished, excellent, fine, glorious, grand, palmy, splendid, swell, tiptop, wonderful), nadutý (arrogant, bumptious, conceited, haughty, overbearing, puffed up, windy), hrdý (cavalier, elate, lofty). (various references)

Danish

samlingsvulst (flange, proud seam). (various references)

Dutch

trots (defiance, defiantly, despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, pride, spite), prat, fier. (various references)

Esperanto

fiera. (various references)

Faeroese

tilgjørdur, errin. (various references)

Farsi 

مفتخر, مغرور (Bigheaded, Haughty, Jaunty, Overbearing, Presumptuous, Snob, Snobbish, Stuffy, Supercilious, Swagger, Uppish, Vain), متکبر (Arrogant, Haughty, High, Imperious, Perky), گرانسر, سربلند (Elate), برتن (On). (various references)

Finnish

ylpeä (haughty, high and mighty, stuck-up). (various references)

French

fier. (various references)

Frisian

ynfieren, grutsk, batsk. (various references)

German

stolz (boast, elation, fancy, glory, haughtily, haughtiness, haughty, impressive, loftily, lofty, majestic, pride, prideful, princely, proudly, proudness), hochmütig (arrogant, arrogantly, cavalier, haughtily, haughty, loftily, lofty, lordly, prideful, superciliary, superciliously, uppish, uppity). (various references)

Greek 

καμαρωτός (arched, vainglorious), περήφανοσ, περήφανος, περίφανος, υπερήφανοσ (prance, prideful, uppish), φιλότιμοσ (sportsman, sportsmanlike). (various references)

Hebrew 

גאה (arrogance, boastful, boastfulness, conceit, conceited, haughtiness, haughty, overbearing, pride). (various references)

Hungarian

büszke (ikey, lofty, prideful, supercilious), önhitt (bumptious, dandified young man, hubristic, perky, presumptuous, priggish, self sufficient, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-important, supercilious), öntelt (arrogant, cocky, complacent, conceited, consequential, coxy, high and mighty, lofty, presuming, priggish, self confident, self-conceited, self-confident, self-important, self-satisfied, self-sufficient, stuck-up). (various references)

Indonesian

ujub (arrogant, boastful), sombong (assertive, bigheaded, boastful, egotistic, haughty, plume, uppish, vain, vainglorious), congkak (snooty), bongkak (insolent), bengah (pedantic), bangga (boast, rightfully). (various references)

Italian

orgoglioso (arrogantly, haughtily, haughty, lofty, supercilious), fiero (bold, cruel, fierce, haughty, severe). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

高慢 (arrogant, haughty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほこりたかい (lordly), ほこらしい (arrogant, haughty, magnificent, splendid), ごうぜんたる (haughty), ごうぜん (arrogant, haughtiness, haughty, pride, roaring), ごうまん (arrogance, arrogant, conceited, haughtiness, hubris, insolence, pride), こうぜんたる (elated, magnanimous, official, open, overt, public, triumphant, vast), こうまん (arrogant, haughty), はながたかい, はないきがあらい (imperious), とくいげ (elated). (various references)

Korean 

거만한 (haughty, insolent, snooty, supercilious). (various references)

Malay

bangga. (various references)

Manx

styrdal (stately), moyrnagh (proud person, vain, vain haughty), mooaralagh (ambitious, arrogant, arrogant or haughty person, big-headed, conceited, dignified, haughty; presumptuous, imperious, insolent, majestic, ostentatious, presumptuous, vain, vain haughty). (various references)

Occitan

orgulhós (haughty). (various references)

Papiamen

tribí, orguyoso. (various references)

Pig Latin

oudpray.(various references)

Polish

dumny. (various references)

Portuguese

orgulhoso (arrogant, boastful, flatulent, grand, haughty, proud-spirited, snooty, stuck-up, supercilious, uppish). (various references)

Romanian

viteaz (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gamy, hero, manly, stalwart, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), splendid (brilliant, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, refulgent, resplendent, splendid, stunning, superb), minunat (beautiful, beautifully, best, brave, bright, capital, champion, charming, delightfully, exceptional, jolly, lovely, magic, magical, marvellous, miraculous, paradisaic, paradisaical, passing, royal, special, splendid, strange, superb, superbly, supernatural, tiptop, wonderful, wonder-working), maiestuos (dignified, imposing, lordly, majestic, majestically, queenly, stately, sublime), mãreţ (aerial, August, brilliant, grand, grandiose, kingly, loftily, lofty, magnificent, magnificently, majestic, mighty, palatial, princely, splendid, stately, sumptuous, unearthly), mândru (big, cavalier, cock-a-hoop, conceited, erect, handsome, haughty, high, high minded, high pitched, high-flown, loftily, lofty, splendid, stately, wonderful), extraordinar (amazing, arch, astonishing, egregious, enormous, exceedingly, extra, extraordinary, extremely, fierce, marvellous, noble, out, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, rare, rattling, remarkable, special, striking, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, undreamed of, unimaginable, up to the nines, well, well I never, wonderful), înfocat (ardent, bright, eager, enthusiastic, fervid, fiery, heated, hectic, hot, hot stuff, passionate, red-hot). (various references)

Russian 

гордый (elate, high minded, lordly, prideful, proud-spirited). (various references)

Scottish

uasal (genteel; nm. g.v. -ail; pl. uaislean, gentle, noble), uallach (a burden, a charge, burden, gay, load, vainglorious; stately), moiteil (pettish), diomasach, bochail. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ponosan, ohol (arrogant, disdainful, haughtly, haughty, hoity toity, huffy, magisterial, overbearing, overblown, snippy, snooty, stuck up, supercilious). (various references)

Spanish

orgulloso (haughty, lofty, prideful, proudhearted). (various references)

Swedish

stolt (Brant, cavalier, proudly), högfärdig (haughty). (various references)

Turkish

onurlu (honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, self-respecting), mağrur (arrogant, conceited, disdainful, haughty, lofty, overweening, snooty, supercilious, uppish, uppity, vainglorious), kibirli (arrogant, as proud as lucifer, assuming, bumptious, cavalier, conceited, consequential, disdainful, haughty, high-flown, hoity toity, holier-than-thou, hubristic, important, lofty, lordly, overweening, pontifical, Sniffy, snooty, stiff necked, stuck up, stuffy, supercilious, superior, uppish, uppity, upstage, vain), kabarmış (bloated, blotchy, swelled), gururlu (arrogant, conceited, vain, vainglorious), gurur verici, görkemli (brave, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, gallant, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, olympian, palatial, pompous, puffy, queenlike, queenly, refulgent, splendid, stately, sublime, sumptuous), azametli (imposing, lofty, lordly, magnificent, ostentatious, pompous), şerefli (dignified, glorious, honorable, honored, honourable, honoured, reputable). (various references)

Turkmen 

sarsmaz (untouchable), gedam (arrogant), buяsanjan. (various references)

Ukrainian

розпухлий (gouty, puffed), гордовитий (arrogant, disdainful, high and mighty, hoity toity, huffish, overly, presumptuous, proud-hearted, sublime, supercilious), гордий (high minded, prideful, proud-hearted, proud-spirited), величний (andean, awful, dignified, elevated, exalted, godlike, lofty, magnific, magnifical, majestic, noble, olympian, portly, princely, sovereign, stately), зарозумілий (arrogant, audacious, contemptuous, dogmatic, dogmatical, domineering, high and mighty, highbrow, insolent, lordly, overbearing, overly, overweening, self-conceited, self-explanatory, self-important, snooty, stately, stiff necked, stuck up, topping, upstage), завзятий (audacious, daring, fervent, mettled, mettlesome, pertinacious, stubborn, unsparing). (various references)

Vietnamese 

uy nghi (august, grand, impressive, majestic, proudly), trọng đãi, kiêu hãnh (proud-hearted, proudly, proud-spirited, pround-stomached), kiêu căng (assuming, hand, haughty, high, high-minded, high-toned, pretentious, proud-hearted, proudly, proud-spirited, pround-stomached), huy hoàng (lustrous, princely, proudly, refulgent, royal, royally, saturnian), hùng vĩ tràn ngập. (various references)

Welsh

balch (arrogant, glad). (various references)

altus, celsus, iactantes, iactantibus, prodesse, superba, superbae, superbarum, superbe, superbi, superbis, superbo, superborum, superbos, superbum, superbus. (various references)

prode. (various references)

gilphladen, modig. (various references)

estout. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "proud": prouder, proudest, proudful, proudhearted, proudly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Proud" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bpgroup, Croud, Erfoud, groud, parodu, pgood, Pirou, ploud, porud, poud, praod, prau, prawd, Preaud, preux, Priut, proad, proads, prodi, produ, profu, prond, prood, proude, proudr, prouf, proum, proun, pround, prous, prout, Proute, prouv, proux, provd, prowd, Prsu, prud, prudy, sproud, sroud. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dorp, dour, drop, duro, pour, prod, roup, updo.

-2 letters: dor, duo, dup, oud, our, pod, pro, pud, pur, rod, udo, upo, urd.

-3 letters: do, od, op, or, up.

+1 letter: poured, rouped, uropod.

+2 letters: dropout, grouped, gumdrop, jodhpur, outdrop, pandour, poulard, pounder, produce, product, prouder, proudly, pushrod, roundup, trouped, unroped, uphoard, uropods.

+3 letters: cupboard, cuspidor, douzeper, downpour, dropouts, groupoid, gumdrops, inpoured, jodhpurs, outdrops, pandours, pauldron, postdrug, postured, poularde, poulards, pounders, prebound, procured, produced, producer, produces, products, profound, propound, protrude, proudest, proudful, purposed, pushrods, recouped, repoured, roundups, sauropod, sprouted, sundrops, unprobed, unproved, uphoards, upholder, uprooted, uproused, upsoared, uropodal, vapoured.