proud
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
Adjective 4 meanings
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
“We're proud of having won / to have won.”
Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
“I was too proud to apologise.”
Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
“It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.”
Etymology
From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”), see also Old English deal), probably from Old French prod, prut (“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.
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PROUD at a glance
PROUD has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + U 1 + D 2) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,689 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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