proud
- Adjective. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
- Adjective. Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
- Adjective. Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
- Adjective. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- Adjective. (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
- Adjective. Standing out or raised; swollen.
- Adjective. (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
- Adjective. Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so '''proud''' to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm '''proud''' to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the southern United States.
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