The meaning of PROUD is feeling or showing pride. How to use proud in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Proud.

proud adjective [-er/-est only] (RESPECTING YOURSELF) having respect for yourself, or showing feelings of your own worth:

Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth: proud of one's child; proud to serve one's country.

5 days ago · proud (comparative prouder or more proud, superlative proudest or most proud) Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

When you are proud, you are feeling pride, or satisfaction with yourself. The word proud can also mean too much of this feeling––sometimes saying someone is proud is the same as saying they're …

If you feel proud, you feel pleased about something good that you possess or have done, or about something good that a person close to you has done.

Proud implies sensitiveness, lofty self-respect, or jealous preservation of one's dignity, station, and the like. It may refer to an affectionate admiration of or a justifiable pride concerning someone else: …

Proud implies sensitiveness, lofty self-respect, or jealous preservation of one's dignity, station, and the like. It may refer to an affectionate admiration of or a justifiable pride concerning someone else: …

I am proud of what we have accomplished. She's very proud of her daughter. He has a record to be proud of.

If you feel proud, you feel pleasure and satisfaction at something that you own, have done, or are connected with.