catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] [OE.
     proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel.
     pr[=u][eth]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.
     Pride.]
     1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
        (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
            overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;
            haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Nor much expect
                  A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.
                                                    --Milton.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  O death, made proud with pure and princely
                  beauty !                          --Shak.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  And shades impervious to the proud world's
                  glare.                            --Keble.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;
            exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of
            one's country. ``Proud to be checked and soothed.''
            --Keble.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
                                                    --Thackeray.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;
        worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;
        admirable; ostentatious. ``Of shadow proud.'' --Chapman.
        ``Proud titles.'' --Shak. `` The proud temple's height.''
        --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud
              Are mantled with a golden cloud.      --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the
        females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation
           of compounds which, for the most part, are
           self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,
           proud-swelling.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of
        granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
        [1913 Webster]

  Proud \Proud\, a. [Compar. Prouder; superl. Proudest.] [OE.
     proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. pr[=u]t; akin to Icel.
     pr[=u][eth]r stately, handsome, Dan. prud handsome. Cf.
     Pride.]
     1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
        (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem;
            overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant;
            haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
  
                  Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the
                  weaker seek.                      --Milton.
  
                  O death, made proud with pure and princely
                  beauty !                          --Shak.
  
                  And shades impervious to the proud world's
                  glare.                            --Keble.
        (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem;
            exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of
            one's country. ``Proud to be checked and soothed.''
            --Keble.
  
                  Are we proud men proud of being proud ?
                                                    --Thackeray.
  
     2. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation;
        worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent;
        admirable; ostentatious. ``Of shadow proud.'' --Chapman.
        ``Proud titles.'' --Shak. `` The proud temple's height.''
        --Dryden.
  
              Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are
              mantled with a golden cloud.          --Keble.
  
     3. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the
        females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne.
  
     Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation
           of compounds which, for the most part, are
           self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded,
           proud-swelling.
  
     Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of
        granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.

  proudest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: proud)

  proudest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: proud)

  proudest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: proud)

  proudest
     a.
     (en-superlative of: proud)

  proudest
     Englanti a.
     (en-a-taivm p roud est)

  Proudest /pɹˈaʊdɪst/
  أفخر

  proudest /pɹˈaʊdɪst/
  nejvíce hrdý

  proudest /pɹˈaʊdɪst/ 
  nejhrdější

  proudest /pɹˈaʊdɪst/
  am stolzesten
     Synonym: most proud
  
   see: proud, prouder, more proud
  

  
/ˈpɹaʊdəst/