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单词 proud
释义

proudadjective

uk/praʊd/us/praʊd/

proud adjective (SATISFIED)

B1 feeling pleasure and satisfaction because you or people connected with you have done or got something good:

You must be very proud of your son.
We're particularly proud of our company's environmental record.
When she received her prize I think I was the proudest parent on the face of the earth.
[ + to infinitive ] I'm very proud to have been involved in this project.
[ + (that) ] I was so proud (that) my son had been chosen for the national team.
See also
houseproud

More examples

  • I'm pleased to say that I'm now the proud possessor of a driving licence!
  • He was justifiably proud of his achievements.
  • I am happy, indeed proud, to be associated with this project.
  • He said he was proud to be an American.
  • He was very proud when his daughter received a commendation for her achievement.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Feeling pleasure and happiness

  • (as) pleased as Punch idiom
  • be as high as a kite idiom
  • be dancing in the streets idiom
  • be floating on air idiom
  • be full of the joys of spring idiom
  • be in seventh heaven idiom
  • breezy
  • brighten
  • contented
  • dance
  • delighted
  • ecstatic
  • elated
  • incandescent
  • jolly
  • jubilant
  • jump for joy idiom
  • light-hearted
  • look/feel like a million dollars idiom
  • loved up

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proud adjective (RESPECTING YOURSELF)

approving having or showing respect for yourself:

We Albanians are a proud people.
He might be poor but he's also proud, and he won't be pushed around by anyone.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Confidence & self-assurance

  • amour propre
  • aplomb
  • assertive
  • assertiveness training
  • assured
  • brass
  • breezy
  • dogmatic
  • dogmatism
  • dogmatist
  • ego
  • forwardness
  • hold your head (up) high idiom
  • positively
  • safe
  • sassy
  • self-assertive
  • self-assured
  • self-belief
  • self-confident

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proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT)

B2 disapproving feeling that you are better and more important than other people:

Come on, admit you're wrong and don't be so proud.
She knows she's lost, but she's too proud to admit it.

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Showing arrogance and conceit

  • (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
  • a cut above idiom
  • airs and graces idiom
  • arrogant
  • as if you owned the place idiom
  • brash
  • cocksure
  • egocentric
  • egoistic
  • egotistic
  • get on your high horse idiom
  • haughty
  • overbearing
  • preen
  • put on the dog idiom
  • revolve
  • revolve around sb/sth
  • self-appointed
  • self-importance
  • snotty

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Idiom(s)

do sb proud

proudadjective, adverb

uk/praʊd/us/praʊd/mainly UK formal

sticking out from the surrounding area:

Sand the surface with abrasive paper until no flakes of paint stand proud of the surface.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Protruding and sticking out

  • bristle
  • bulbous
  • bulge
  • jut
  • ledge
  • male
  • outcrop
  • overhang
  • peek
  • poke
  • project
  • projection
  • protrude
  • protrusion
  • protuberance
  • protuberant
  • stick
  • stick (sth) out
  • stick out
  • stick up
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