Happy vs. Proud

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  • Happy (adjective)

    Having a arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

    “Music makes me feel happy.”

  • Happy (adjective)

    Experiencing the effect of favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

  • Happy (adjective)

    Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

    “Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?”

    “Yes, I am happy with the decision.”

  • Happy (adjective)

    Of acts, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, felicitous.

    “a happy coincidence”

  • Happy (adjective)

    Favoring or inclined to use.

    “slaphappy, trigger-happy”

  • Happy (adjective)

    Of persons, especially when referring to their ability to express themselves (often followed by at or in): dexterous, ready, skilful.

  • Happy (noun)

    preceded by the: happy people as a group.

  • Happy (noun)

    A happy event, thing, person, etc.

  • Happy (verb)

    Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

  • Happy (verb)

    Often followed by up: to cheer, to enliven.

  • Proud (adjective)

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

    “I am proud of Sivu’s schoolwork.”

  • Proud (adjective)

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

    “I was too proud to apologise.”

  • Proud (adjective)

    Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.

  • Proud (adjective)

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

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

  • Proud (adjective)

    Brave, valiant; gallant.

  • Proud (adjective)

    Standing out or raised; swollen.

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

  • Proud (adjective)

    Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.

Wiktionary
  • Happy (adjective)

    feeling or showing pleasure or contentment

    “they are happy to see me doing well”

    “Melissa came in looking happy and excited”

    “we’re just happy that he’s still alive”

  • Happy (adjective)

    having a sense of trust and confidence in (a person, arrangement, or situation)

    “he was not happy about the proposals”

  • Happy (adjective)

    satisfied with the quality or standard of

    “I’m happy with his performance”

  • Happy (adjective)

    willing to do something

    “we will be happy to advise you”

  • Happy (adjective)

    used in greetings

    “happy Christmas”

  • Happy (adjective)

    fortunate and convenient

    “he had the happy knack of making people like him”

  • Happy (adjective)

    inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random

    “they tended to be grenade-happy”

  • 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”

  • Proud (adjective)

    (of an event, achievement, etc.) causing someone to feel proud

    “we have a proud history of innovation”

  • Proud (adjective)

    having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s importance

    “he was a proud, arrogant man”

  • Proud (adjective)

    conscious of one’s own dignity

    “I was too proud to go home”

  • Proud (adjective)

    imposing; splendid

    “bulrushes emerge tall and proud from the middle of the pond”

  • Proud (adjective)

    slightly projecting from a surface

    “balls standing proud of the fabric”

  • Proud (adjective)

    denoting flesh that has grown round a healing wound with excessive granulation of the tissues.

Oxford Dictionary

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