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.
Prideful (adjective)
Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
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.
Prideful (adjective)
having an excessively high opinion of oneself
“a stern and prideful schoolmaster”