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UK [praʊd] / US adjective
Word forms "proud":
adjective proud comparative prouder superlative proudest
Metaphor:
Being too proud, and thinking that you are better than other people, is like being high up. Being humble is like being low down. I can't stand that superior attitude of his! ♦ They look down on everyone who isn't as rich as they are. ♦ She's got very uppity since she was promoted. ♦ Despite his great wealth, he's not at all stuck-up. ♦ She treated other people with lofty disdain. ♦ They look down their noses at people like us. ♦ I don't know why you're being so high and mighty all of a sudden. ♦ He rose from lowly origins. ♦ His family snubbed her because she was low-born. ♦ We were taught to look up to people from a higher class. ♦ The way you crawl to him makes me sick. ♦ I'm not going to abase myself before anyone. ♦ They regarded ordinary working people as their social inferiors. ➡ power, relationship
1) feeling happy about your achievements, your possessions, or people who you are connected with
proud of:

We're so proud of her for telling the truth.

be proud to do something:

I'm proud to say we made the right decision.

proud (that):

We're proud that they choose our hotel for their conferences.

the proud owner of something:

The next day I became the proud owner of a full set of tools.

make someone proud (= do something good that makes people you are connected with feel proud):

You've made your mother very proud.

a) used about things you are proud of

The country has a proud record of sporting achievement.

b) used about someone who feels so proud that they think they are better than other people
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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with proud
▪  fiercely, immensely, inordinately, intensely, justifiably, justly, rightly
2) a proud person does not like other people to help them or to think they are weak

a proud and independent nation of people

be too proud to do something:

I was too proud to admit I didn't understand.

3) formal further forward than the rest of something or than a surface
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Derived word:
proudly
UK / US adverb

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