proud
Meaning of proud
adjective
- feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated.
a proud grandma of three boys
she got nine passes and he was so proud of her
- having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
he was a proud, arrogant man
- slightly projecting from a surface.
balls standing proud of the fabric
late Old English prūt, prūd ‘having a high opinion of one's own worth’, from Old French prud ‘valiant’, based on Latin prodesse ‘be of value’. The phrase proud flesh dates back to late Middle English, but the sense ‘slightly projecting’ is first recorded in English dialect of the 19th century.
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Hyphenation of proud
proud
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- proud is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
proud synonyms
Meaning gallant:
Meaning extending outwards beyond something else; protruding:
Meaning extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something:
Meaning sticking out; projecting:
Meaning projecting from something; protuberant:
Meaning elevated to a higher position or level; lifted:
Meaning having an outline or surface curved like the exterior of a circle or sphere:
Meaning situated or placed higher than the surrounding area:
proud antonyms
Meaning embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations:
Meaning having an outline or surface that curves inwards like the interior of a circle or sphere:
Meaning (of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion:
Translation of proud
- French: fier, arrogant
- German: stolz, arrogant, eingebildet, hochnäsig
- Spanish: orgulloso, orgullosa, enorgullecedor, arrogante, presuntuoso, presuntuosa, altivo, altiva
- Italian: orgoglioso, fiero, arrogante, altezzoso, superbo
Anagrams of proud
Words that rhyme with proud
roud, droud, beshroud, disenshroud, disshroud, enshroud, foreshroud, overshroud, shroud, unshroud, Giroud, Proud, houseproud, misproud, overproud, ultraproud, unproud, Stroud, stroud
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