proud

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈpɹæʊ̯d/ UK /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ See IPA manual

Freq #915

Meanings

1

adj
Feeling happy and satisfied about something you or someone close to you has done.

We're proud of our daughter for passing all her exams.
2

adj
Being a cause for pride; giving a feeling of pride.

It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
3

adj
Having too high an opinion of yourself; arrogant.

He was too proud to admit he was wrong.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · having too high an opinion... arrogant

More conceited vain

Opposites

ashamed embarrassed humble humiliated meek modest

Word family

Forms prouderproudest

Derived forms color-proudcolour-proudhouse-proudhouseproudmisproudoverproudproud-heartedproud-heartedlyproud-heartednessproud-piedproud-stomachedproudfall

Related forms pride pridefulprude

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Phrases (1)

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proud father
a father who feels deep pride in his children

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”)), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, sta…

proud Middle English prūd Old English prod Old French prode la-lat

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# proud

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹæʊ̯d/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/
**Frequency rank:** 915

## Meanings
1. Feeling happy and satisfied about something you or someone close to you has done.
2. Being a cause for pride; giving a feeling of pride.
3. Having too high an opinion of yourself; arrogant.

## Examples
- We're proud of our daughter for passing all her exams.
- It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
- He was too proud to admit he was wrong.

## Synonyms
- conceited
- vain

## Antonyms
- ashamed
- embarrassed
- humble
- humiliated
- meek
- modest

## Derived Forms
- color-proud
- colour-proud
- house-proud
- houseproud
- misproud
- overproud
- proud-hearted
- proud-heartedly
- proud-heartedness
- proud-pied
- proud-stomached
- proudfall

## Related Forms
- pride
- prideful
- prude

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proud
- Root: prūd
- Root: prod
- Root: prode

## Etymology
From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”)), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, sta…

## AI Etymology
Proud comes from Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”)), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. The historical chain includes proud (Middle English), prūd (Old English), prod (Old French), prode (la-lat). In present-day English it covers feeling happy and satisfied about something you or someone close to you has done, being a cause for pride; giving a feeling of pride, and having too high an opinion of yourself; arrogant. The wider family includes derived forms such as color-proud, colour-proud, house-proud, houseproud, misproud and related forms such as pride, prideful, prude.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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