Associations to the word «Proud»

Wiktionary

PROUD, adjective. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
PROUD, adjective. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
PROUD, adjective. (chiefly Biblical)   Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
PROUD, adjective. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
PROUD, adjective. (obsolete)   Brave, valiant; gallant.
PROUD, adjective. Standing out or raised; swollen.
PROUD, adjective. (obsolete)   Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
PROUD, adjective. Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the southern United States.
PROUD AS A PEACOCK, adjective. (simile) Extremely proud.
PROUD AS PUNCH, adjective. (simile) Very proud.
PROUD FLESH, noun. (pathology) hypertrophic scarring

Dictionary definition

PROUD, adjective. Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes".
PROUD, adjective. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley