proud of
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /praʊd ʌv/
:
orgulloso de
- She felt proud of her accomplishments after graduating from university.
- very proud of
- proud of one's heritage
- proud of one's role
I'm very proud of the way that this smells.
- I'm very proud of the way that this smells.
- I'm the person that I need to be proud of, not other people.
- And you said you're not proud of that score, right?
- And you'll start to notice you're proud of yourself for sure.
- You feel better and maybe even a little proud of what you can do now.
- The one I'm most proud of, guys, is the yuzu.
- If there's one thing I'm very proud of, it is that.
- Like waking up feeling proud of what I'm doing, feeling inspired.
- You were particularly proud of your music prowess?
- And I'm really proud of what we've accomplished here.
- I'm going to feel very proud of having ridden both bicycles.
- Choose to do things because it makes you proud of yourself.
Examples
-
And I became a person that I'm very proud of who I am today.
-
Told me he was proud of me.
-
All right, What are you most proud of about this year?
-
I am so proud of you.
-
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) -
Business owners along this street are generally proud of the park, including the village's business district.
Academic text (2011) -
Two enthusiastic library users who are proud of their reading skills.
Academic text (2015) -
That's a big deal, and you should be proud of that.
-
They were really proud of me.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Feeling very pleased and good about something you or someone close did
3
6.1
Feeling very proud because of something you did
Antonyms
How Proud
Surface Forms
Morphology
proud + of
The meaning is directly and transparently composed from 'proud' (feeling satisfaction) plus the preposition 'of' marking the target of that feeling; a learner who knows both will readily interpret 'proud of X' as feeling proud regarding X. This construction (adjective + of to indicate the source/target of pride) is cross-linguistically common and follows a basic compositional pattern, so it should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Proud of comes from the image of someone standing tall with their head held high after doing something good. Being proud and standing like that shows you are pleased, so proud of means 'feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction' about someone or something.