superl feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense.
2. proud ·superl excited by sexual desire;
applied particularly to the females of some animals.
3. proud ·superl having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated;
often with of; as, proud of one's country.
4. proud ·superl possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
5. proud ·superl giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.