Definition of PROUD

proud

Adjective

  • Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction from one's achievements or qualities.
  • 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"

Adjective Satellite

  • having or displaying great dignity or nobility
    • "proud alpine peaks"

Adj

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

Examples

  • After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
  • I was too proud to apologise.
  • It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
  • She felt incredibly proud after clearing her rack with a seven-letter word in Words With Friends.
  • That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.
  • The weld was still a bit proud of the panel, so she ground it down flush.
  • We're proud of having won / to have won.

Origin / 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

gallant, lofty, majestic, arrogant, conceited, self-confident, vain

Scrabble Score: 8

proud: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
proud: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
proud: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

proud: valid Words With Friends Word