😊 Feeling pleased 🏰 Impressive or noble

proud

∞ 1.0

Feeling very pleased and good about something you or someone close did

adjective
/praʊd/

: orgulloso

Oh my God, I'm so proud of what you did for others.
very proud
feel proud
proud to say

it's not the thing. We feel proud. We, we made Alibaba.

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Examples

I am so proud of you.

Babes (2024)
You should be proud of yourself.

Blood Hook (1987)
Girl, you make me so proud and I love you.
And he told everybody besides me how proud he was of me.

The Diary Of A CEO
My mom was scared, my dad was proud, my brother was excited.

Tim Ferriss
Your dad is right to be proud of you for how hard you work.

Fiction book (1990)
The students are fully engaged in these academic activities and are proud of their efforts.

Academic text (2013)
That's a big deal, and you should be proud of that.

Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
They were really proud of me.

Harmony (2022)
I am so proud of my daughter's achievements at school.

Synonyms

proud of

vsproud

∞ 1.0

Feeling pleased about something you or someone you care about did

is the broader self-respect and satisfaction from achievements or possessions

prideful

vsproud

3 6.0

Feeling very happy and satisfied because of an achievement

is the internal feeling itself rather than an outward attitude

mighty proud

vsproud

Informal

3 6.1

Feeling very proud because of something you did

is the same feeling but not necessarily at such high intensity

proud as a peacock

vsproud

Informal

1 7.4

Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way

is the inward satisfaction often felt without showiness

damn right proud

vsproud

NSFW

8.8

Feeling very proud and happy about what you did

is similar but includes neutral or less forceful expressions too

overproud

vsproud

7.2

Believing you are better than other people and acting like it

is moderate satisfaction without an extreme or excessive tone

Antonyms

ashamed

504 1.0

Feeling embarrassed and guilty about something you did or failed to do

humble

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

self-deprecating

18 6.0

Making jokes about your own faults to seem modest

Idioms

mighty proud

Informal

3 6.1

Feeling very proud because of something you did

proud as a peacock

Informal

1 7.4

Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way

bi and proud

Informal

8.5

Open about being bisexual and proud of it

damn right proud

NSFW

8.8

Feeling very proud and happy about what you did

piss proud

NSFW

9.9

Acting like you are better than other people for no reason

Compounds

proud of

∞ 1.0

Feeling pleased about something you or someone you care about did

house-proud

1 6.0

Someone who likes to keep their home very clean and tidy

proud Scouser

9.9

A person from Liverpool who loves their city and its culture

proud Trumpster

Slang

8.2

A person who strongly supports Donald Trump and shows it in public

proud wasbian

Offensive

9.9

A woman who says she used to be a lesbian and is proud she changed her sexual identity

proud bull dyke

Slur

9.9

A lesbian woman who is openly confident, shows a masculine style, and takes back an offensive name

proud flesh

Specialized

9.9

Extra soft raised tissue that grows around a cut and keeps the cut from closing

proud ginge

Slang

9.9

A person with red hair who is proud of their hair

proud lezzer

Slur

9.9

A slang word people sometimes use to insult a woman who openly says she is a lesbian

proud munter

Offensive

9.9

A person who accepts and shows confidence about not being attractive

How Proud

arrogant

260 4.5

prideful

3 6.0

proud

∞ 1.0

modest

81 2.7

Surface Forms

proud positive

prouder comparative

proudest superlative

Etymology

Proud comes from an old English word prūd meaning 'brave' or 'high'. It is the same root as pride, so to be proud is to feel 'high' or pleased about something you did.