proud

adjective
/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/

Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

Example

“We're proud of having won / to have won.”

Other meanings

That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
“I was too proud to apologise.”

Related words

houseproud
misproud
proudful
proudhearted
proudish
proudsome
proudwork
ultraproud
unproud
house proud
piss proud
proud as Lucifer

Example sentences

“Are you proud of where you come from?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“What are you most proud of?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“She's proud of her wife.”
Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Word history

From Latin "prode" (prōde).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “proud” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.