proud

  1. Adjective.  Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
  2. Adjective.  Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.
  3. Adjective.  Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.
  4. Adjective.  Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  5. Adjective.  (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
  6. Adjective.  Standing out or raised; swollen.
  7. Adjective.  (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.
  8. 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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