proud S2 W3 /praʊd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative prouder , superlative proudest )
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: prod , prud , prou 'good, brave' , from Late Latin prode 'advantage, advantageous' , from Latin prodesse 'to be advantageous' ]
1 . PLEASED feeling pleased about something that you have done or something that you own, or about someone or something you are involved with or related to ⇨ pride OPP ashamed
proud of
Her parents are very proud of her.
You should be proud of yourself.
His past record is certainly something to be proud of.
be justly/rightly proud of something (=have good reasons for being proud)
The company is justly proud of its achievements.
proud to do/be something
Seven-year-old Ian is proud to have earned his red belt in karate.
proud (that)
She was proud that the magazine had agreed to publish one of her stories.
Seth was the proud owner of a new sports car.
2 . proudest moment/achievement/possession the moment etc that makes you feel most proud:
His proudest moment was winning the European Cup final.
3 . TOO HIGH OPINION thinking that you are more important, skilful etc than you really are – used to show disapproval ⇨ pride :
a proud man who would not admit his mistakes
4 . GREAT SELF-RESPECT having respect for yourself, so that you are embarrassed to ask for help when you are in a difficult situation ⇨ pride :
Some farmers were too proud to ask for government help.
5 . do somebody proud
a) informal to make people feel proud of you by doing something well:
I tried to do my country proud.
b) old-fashioned to treat someone well by providing them with good food or entertainment
6 . IMPRESSIVE literary tall and impressive
—proudly adverb
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COLLOCATIONS
■ adverbs
▪ very/really proud
Your family must be very proud of you.
▪ justifiably/justly/rightly proud (=with good reason)
He is justifiably proud of what he and his father achieved.
▪ fiercely proud
They are fiercely proud of their native land.
▪ immensely/intensely/inordinately proud (=extremely proud)
He said he was immensely proud to have been elected Prime Minister.
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She was intensely proud of being Japanese.
■ nouns
▪ the proud owner (of something) ( also the proud possessor of something formal )
She is now the proud owner of a four-bedroomed house.
▪ a proud mother/father/parent
Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy.
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THESAURUS
▪ proud very pleased with what you, your family, or your country have achieved, or of something you own:
I felt so proud when my son graduated from college.
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Judith’s very proud of her new Ferrari.
▪ pleased with yourself feeling pleased because something good has happened, especially because you think you have been very clever, skilful etc:
He was smoking a big cigar and was obviously pleased with himself.
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I’d made a big profit and was feeling pretty pleased with myself.
▪ arrogant disapproving behaving in an unpleasant and annoying way, because you think you are better or know more than other people, and that your opinions are always right:
He was arrogant and regarded people who disagreed with him as fools.
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his arrogant attitude to women
▪ vain disapproving too proud of your appearance, in a way that annoys other people:
He’s so vain – he thinks all the girls fancy him.
▪ conceited/big-headed disapproving proud of yourself because you think you are very intelligent, skilful, beautiful etc, especially without good reason and in a way that annoys people:
Stewart’s the most arrogant conceited person I’ve ever known.
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She was offered a brilliant job and became incredibly big-headed overnight.
▪ pompous disapproving thinking that you are much more important than you really are, and using very long and formal words to try to sound important:
The clerk was a pompous little man with glasses.
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a pompous speech
▪ smug disapproving pleased with yourself in a quiet but annoying way because you think you are in a better position than other people:
Milly was looking very smug about coming top of the class.
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a smug expression
▪ self-satisfied disapproving pleased with what you have achieved and showing it clearly in an annoying way:
She glared angrily into his self-satisfied face.
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a self-satisfied grin