PROUD


Meaning of PROUD in English

adjective

1.

showing or feeling superiority toward others

a woman who was too proud to do her share of menial tasks

Synonyms: arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, dismissive, haughty, high-and-mighty, hubristic, huffy, insolent, lofty, lordly, orgulous, overbearing, ||pridy, proudhearted, supercilious, superior, toploftical, toplofty; compare pompous 1, vain 3

Related Word: contemptuous, scornful; misproud; ostentatious, pretentious; bloated, important, pompous, self-important, stuffy, wiggy; conceited, narcissistic, self-conceited, stuck-up, vain, vainglorious; domineering, high-handed, imperious, masterful

Contrasted words: lowly, meek, modest, unassuming; chagrined, mortified

Antonyms: humble

2.

Synonyms: splendid 2, glorious, gorgeous, magnificent, resplendent, splendiferous, splendorous, sublime, superb

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