proud adj

1 feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure 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" [ant: humble]

2 having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic]

English

Etymology

Late prūd, from prud ‘brave, gallant’ (modern French preux), from late Latin *prōdis, apparently related to Latin prōdesse ‘to be of value’.

Pronunciation

• /pɹaʊd/

• Rhymes: -aʊd

Adjective

en-adj er

1. Having a high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
   • Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Hillair Belloc.

   Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; / He held the human race in scorn, / And lived with all his sisters where / His father lived, in Berkeley Square. / And oh! The lad was deathly proud! / He never shook your hand or bowed, / But merely smirked and nodded thus: / How perfectly ridiculous! / Alas! That such Affected Tricks / Should flourish in a child of six!

2. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.

   I am proud of Sivu's schoolwork.

3. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.

   I was too proud to apologise.

4. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.

   It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.

5. Brave, valiant; gallant.
6. Standing out or raised; swollen.

   After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.

7. Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
8. Happy. Usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the South.

Related terms

• pride
• proud as a peacock

Translations

• Arabic: (faxōr)
• Chinese: 骄矜 (jiāojīn), 傲岸 (ào àn)
• Croatian: gord
• Czech: hrdý
• Danish: stolt
• Dutch: trots
• Esperanto: fiera
• Finnish: ylpeä (1)
• French: fier (1) °
• West Frisian: grutsk
• German: stolz (1) °, prahlerisch
• Hungarian: büszke (1) °
• Italian: orgoglioso, fiero (1) °
• Japanese: 誇りとする (ほこりとする, hokori to suru)
• Korean: 자랑스러운 (jarangseureoun)
• Mongolian: бардам
• Portuguese: orgulhoso (1) °
• Romanian: mândru
• Russian: гордый (górdyj), хвастливый (xvavstlívyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: pròiseil, mòrail, àrdanach, sgòdach, mòr à(s), uaibhreach
• Slovak: hrdý
• Spanish: orgulloso (1) °
• Swedish: stolt
• Yakut: бардам (bardam)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

1. current
2. current

Proud may refer to:

• Pride, the sense of one's own worth
• Proud (film), a 2004 film dramatizing the story of the African American crew of USS Mason (DE-529)
• Proud (Heather Small album), the debut album by Heather Small
• "Proud" (song), a song by Heather Small that is the official song for the London 2012 Olympic bid

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