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proud¹

  • /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ US, UK
  • /ˈpɹæʊ̯d/
  • /ˈpɹaːd/

Sounds like prowed · Rhymes with -aʊd

Where it comes from

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, prut (“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).

adjective prouder · more proud · proudest · most proud · prowd

  1. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. We're proud of having won / to have won.
  2. That makes one feel proud (of something one did) That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.
  3. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth. I was too proud to apologise.

    Similar: self-confident, arrogant

  4. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful. Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he ſhall not be vnpuniſhed.
  5. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride. It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
  6. standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic. Norsus [...] walked between the lines of soldiers in their bronze armour; keen swords in their hands and proud plumes fluttering from their helmets.
  7. Standing out or raised; swollen. After it had healed, the scar tissue stood proud of his flesh.
  8. obsolete Brave, valiant; gallant.
  9. obsolete Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

Similar: vain, conceited · Opposite: ashamed, humiliated, embarrassed, humble, meek, modest

Proud²

Where it comes from

English surname, from the adjective proud.

proper noun Prouds

  1. A characteristical surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: purse-proud, prideful, self-aggrandizing, haughty, gratifying, gallant, conceited, pleased, supercilious, self-important, arrogant, vainglorious, self-conceited, vain, snooty, stuck-up

adjective

Similar: vain, conceited · Opposite: ashamed, humiliated, embarrassed, humble, meek, modest

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adj gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied

Españolorgulloso
한국어자랑스럽다 jarangseureopda
日本語誇らしい hokorashii, 自慢の jiman no
中文傲然 àorán, 驕傲 /骄傲 jiāo'ào
Portuguêsorgulhoso
Françaisfier
Deutschstolz
Italianoorgoglioso, fiero
Ελληνικάπερήφανος perífanos
Românămândru, mulțumit
Русскийго́рдый górdyj
Tiếng Việttự hào, hãnh diện
العربيةفَخُور faḵūr
עבריתגֵאֶה ge'e

adj happy, usually used with a sense of honour

日本語嬉しい ureshii

adj possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves

हिन्दीगौरव gaurav
Portuguêsorgulhoso
Deutschstolz
Românămândru, orgolios
Русскийго́рдый górdyj

adj generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride

日本語誇らしい hokorashii, 自慢の jiman no
Portuguêsorgulhante

adj standing out, swollen

日本語盛り上がった moriagatta

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@misc{proud_2026,
  title = {proud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/proud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}