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adjective
- 1. feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated: "a proud grandma of three boys" Similar Opposite
- 2. having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance: "he was a proud, arrogant man"
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Find 263 similar and opposite words for proud, a word that can mean having or displaying feelings of scorn, too high an opinion of oneself, or large and impressive in size or conception. See definitions, examples, and related articles for each synonym.
- Some common synonyms of proud are arrogant, disdainful, haughty, insolent, lordly, overbearing, and supercilious. While all these words mean "showi...
- The meanings of arrogant and proud largely overlap; however, arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is wa...
- The words disdainful and proud are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful supercili...
- While the synonyms haughty and proud are close in meaning, haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position. // a haughty aristocrat
- In some situations, the words insolent and proud are roughly equivalent. However, insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness. // ignored by an insol...
- Although the words lordly and proud have much in common, lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power. // a lordly condescension
- The synonyms overbearing and proud are sometimes interchangeable, but overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence. // an o...
- The words supercilious and proud can be used in similar contexts, but supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness. // an aloof and superci...
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