English Explanatory Dictionary

proud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
  2. That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
  3. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
  4. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
  5. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  6. standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
  7. Standing out or raised; swollen.
  8. Brave, valiant; gallant.
  9. Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.
name
  1. A characteristical surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ en-us-proud.ogg /ˈpɹæʊ̯d/ /ˈpɹaːd/

Word forms

proud prouder more proud proudest most proud prowd Prouds

Etymology

From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”)), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, stately, handsome, fine”) (Icelandic prúður, Middle Swedish prudh, Danish prud).

Synonyms

vain conceited self-confident arrogant

Antonyms

ashamed humiliated embarrassed humble meek modest

Related words

pride prude prideful

Derived words

color proud color-proud colour proud colour-proud do someone proud houseproud house proud house-proud misproud overproud piss proud proud as a peacock proud as Lucifer proud as Punch proudfall proud flesh proudful proud-hearted proudhearted proud-heartedly proud-heartedness proudish proudling proudly proudness proud-pied proudsome proud-stomached proudwork purse-proud ultraproud unproud winter-proud

Translations

Arabic: فَخُور Armenian: հպարտ Armenian: սեգ Armenian: վսեմ Asturian: arguyosu Azerbaijani: məğrur Azerbaijani: qürurlu Bashkir: ғорур Belarusian: го́рды Bulgarian: горд Burmese: ထည် Catalan: orgullós Cherokee: ᎤᏢᏉᏗ Chinese Cantonese: 自豪 Chinese Mandarin: 傲然 Chinese Mandarin: 驕傲 /骄傲 Czech: hrdý Danish: stolt Dutch: trots Dutch: fier Elfdalian: karun Elfdalian: stolt Esperanto: fiera Faroese: errin Faroese: erpin Faroese: stoltur Finnish: ylpeä French: fier North Frisian: stult West-Frisian: rom West-Frisian: grutsk West-Frisian: batsk Galician: orgulloso Georgian: ამაყი German: stolz Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍃 Greek: περήφανος Greenlandic: tulluusimaartoq Hebrew: גֵאֶה Hungarian: büszke Hunsrik: stols Hutterisch: stulz Icelandic: stoltur Indonesian: bangga Irish: bródúil Irish: mórálach Irish: mórtasach Italian: orgoglioso Italian: fiero Japanese: 誇らしい Japanese: 自慢の Japanese: 嬉しい Kazakh: көкірекшіл Kazakh: тәкаппар Korean: 자랑스럽다 Kyrgyz: сыймыктуу
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