proud

Meaning

1. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
2. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
3. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
4. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
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. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
9. (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

Synonyms

arrogant

haughty

conceited

vain

boastful

elated

prideful

insolent

imperious

self-important

pleased

overbearing

majestic

lordly

lofty

pride

disdainful

be haughty

swagger

supercilious

arrogant person

gratified

boast

bragging

confident

dignified

egotistical

gallant

glad

happy

😀

honour

noble

overweening

pompous

presumptuous

pretentious

puffed up

self-confident

selfish

showing off

show off

show-off

showy

stately

strut

stuck-up

uppish

vainglorious

disobedient person

to be conceited

take pride

disobedient

defiant

lug

magnificent

deceptive

toplofty

orgulous

courageous

overjoyed

praise oneself

playful

contented

brusque discourteous

praise

proud-spirited

flatter oneself

consequential

conceit

prim

prosperous

proud of

full of self-esteem

puffed-up

rich

🤑

rude

salience

sally

satisfied

😆

scornful

self-complacent

to be arrogant

complacent

haughty person

self-reliant

self-respecting

self-satisfied

shameless

to be haughty

to be lofty

sneery

arro-gant

splendid

spoiled

sportsmanlike

full of pride

strong

not humble

presumptuously bold

sublime

bulging

supercillious

bold

thrilled

tongue

👅

triumphant

trust

unashamed

uncivil

puffed up with pride

blunt

be nonchalant

valiant

wealthy

wicked

windy

with pleasure

be arrogant

be proud

be insolent

haughtly

out-spoken

fierce

fine

flatter

flaunt

funny

😄

be

gaudy

be cool

grand

erect

think highly of oneself

egoistical

high

high and mighty

high-minded

high-spirited

important-looking

egoistic

impertinent

impudent

egoist

intractable

jealousy

lip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹaʊd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proud

Inherited from Old English: prūd

Cognate with Old English: prȳtung

Cognate with French: preux

Cognate with Latin: prosum

Cognate with Old Norse: prýði

Cognate with Old Norse: prúðr

Cognate with Icelandic: prúður

Cognate with Swedish: prudh

Cognate with Danish: prud

In summary

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).