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
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- 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 formalsticking 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