adj · name · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈpɹæʊ̯d/Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, Australian, New Zealand
/ˈpɹaːd/Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
rhymes with -aʊd
homophone: prowed
CMU ARPABET:P R AW1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We're proud of having won / to have won.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 2
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.
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adj
Meaning 3
Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I was too proud to apologise.
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adj
Meaning 4
Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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adj
Meaning 5
Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Meaning 6
standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Of things
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adj
Meaning 7
Standing out or raised; swollen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
The weld was still a bit proud of the panel, so she ground it down flush.
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adj
Meaning 8
Brave, valiant; gallant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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adj
Meaning 9
Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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name
Meaning 10
A characteristical surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 11
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
proud parents
proud of his accomplishments
a proud moment
proud to serve his country
a proud name
proud princes
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Antonyms: humble
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
having or displaying great dignity or nobility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a gallant pageant
lofty ships
majestic cities
proud alpine peaks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gallant, lofty, majestic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”), see also Old English deal), 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).
English surname, from the adjective proud.
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Translations
156 source translations are retained for this English entry.
