feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
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sample sentences
"proud parents""a proud moment"
"proud to serve his country"
"a proud name"
"proud princes"
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attribute
similar to
arrogant, chesty, self-important
beaming
swelled, big, vainglorious
stuck-up, bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, too big for one's breeches, uppish
boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
dignified, self-respecting, self-respectful
swaggering, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy
vain, self-conceited, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, swollen, swollen-headed
house-proud
overproud
pleased, proud of
purse-proud
shabby-genteel