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PROUD

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or displaying great dignity or nobility

Example:

proud alpine peaks

Synonyms:

gallant; lofty; majestic; proud

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

Example:

proud princes

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

arrogant; chesty; self-important (having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride)

beaming (pleased and proud)

big; swelled; vainglorious (feeling self-importance)

bigheaded; persnickety; snooty; snot-nosed; snotty; stuck-up; too big for one's breeches; uppish ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant)

big; boastful; braggart; bragging; braggy; cock-a-hoop; crowing; self-aggrandising; self-aggrandizing (exhibiting self-importance)

dignified; self-respectful; self-respecting (having or showing self-esteem)

disdainful; haughty; imperious; lordly; overbearing; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy)

conceited; egotistic; egotistical; self-conceited; swollen; swollen-headed; vain (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance)

house-proud (proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep)

overproud (excessively proud)

pleased; proud of (feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth)

purse-proud (proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction))

shabby-genteel (trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness)

Also:

immodest (having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc)

Attribute:

pride (the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards)

Antonym:

humble (marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You are proud of your brains, Holmes, are you not?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I will tell you the meaning of it,” cried the lady, sweeping into the room with a proud, set face.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was very much alive, very happy, and very proud of himself.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I have shut them up by a charm between two mountains, said the dwarf, because they were proud and ill-behaved, and scorned to ask advice.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

So far as I am concerned, I regret nothing and I fear nothing, and I would do it all again and be proud of the job.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From what he said of Miss Darcy I was thoroughly prepared to see a proud, reserved, disagreeable girl.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And still, I was proud of her because of it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I shall have no fortune, and I fancy she is an exceeding proud woman.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Mr. Morris, you should be proud of your great state.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Ikeega was proud and embarrassed by turns, but Keesh was quite composed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)