adj □ proud of something full of pride about something ○ You must be very proud of your children. ○ He is proud to have served in the navy.
proud
a. [Compar. Prouder superl. Proudest.] [OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruðr 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. 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.
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. 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.
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