Another word for proud
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Adjective
Properly valuing oneself, one's honor, or one's dignity
- Having self-respect, having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
- Arrogant; disdainful.
- Highly pleased; elated.
See also:Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance
- Higher than another in rank, station, or authority:
- Of a higher nature or kind.
- Of great value or excellence; extraordinary.
- Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
- Arrogant; disdainful.
- Highly pleased; elated.
- Presumptuously arrogant; overbearing:
- Excessive; immoderate:
- Domineering in manner; arrogant:
- Overwhelming in power or significance; predominant:
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lord.
- Very dignified and noble:
- Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
- Of imposing height.
- Elevated in character; exalted.
- Affecting grandness; pompous.
- Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
- Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
- Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
- Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
- Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
- Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:
Idioms:See also:Marked by extraordinary elegance, beauty, and splendor
- Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
- Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
- Admired by many; illustrious:
- Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.
- Splendid in appearance; grand:
- Grand or noble in thought or accomplishment; exalted:
- Outstanding of its kind; excellent:
- Dazzlingly beautiful or magnificent:
- Characterized by magnificence or virtuosic brilliance:
- Wonderful; delightful.
- Having or deserving glory; famous.
- Conferring or advancing glory:
- Characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent:
- Full of light; shining.
- Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation.
- Sharp and clear in tone:
See also:
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Another word for proud
Modifier
Having a creditable self-respect
- Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
- Vivacious; lively:
- Full of or characterized by animation, vigor, or courage:
- Having a specified mood or nature. Used in combination:
- Full of mettle; spirited and plucky.
- Brilliant with light or color; radiant:
- Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent:
- Admired by many; illustrious:
- Of superior quality, skill, or appearance:
- Excellent in character or ability:
- Very small in size, weight, or thickness:
- Impressive, as in size, power, or accomplishment:
- Making a strong positive impression; inspiring admiration or awe:
- Elevated in rank, character, or status.
- Lofty; sublime; noble:
- Exaggerated; inflated:
- Of imposing height.
- Elevated in character; exalted.
- Affecting grandness; pompous.
- of, characteristic of, or favoring aristocracy as a form of government
- of an aristocracy or upper class
- like or characteristic of an aristocrat
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lord.
- Very dignified and noble:
- Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
- Possessing hereditary rank in a political system or social class derived from a feudalistic stage of a country's development.
- Having or showing qualities of high moral character, such as courage, generosity, or honor:
- Proceeding from or indicative of such a character; showing magnanimity:
- Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic:
- Dignified and slow; measured:
- Having or expressing dignity.
- Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle:
- Deserving or winning honor and respect:
- Bringing distinction or recognition:
- Possessing and characterized by honor:
- Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
- Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant:
- Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent:
- Reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
- Able to provide for oneself without the help of others; independent.
- Having undue confidence; smug.
- Having self-respect, having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
Egotistic
See also:Antonyms:Feeling satisfaction
- Marked by great joy or jubilation; triumphant.
- Simple past tense and past participle of gratify.
- Full of or showing satisfaction:
Idioms:
do one proud
Synonym Study
- Disdainful implies even stronger and more overt feelings of scorn for that which is regarded as beneath one
- Supercilious stresses an aloof, scornful manner toward others a supercilious intellectual snob
- Overbearing implies an oppressively or haughtily domineering manner an overbearing supervisor
- Insolent , less commonly used now with this meaning, implies both haughtiness and contempt, esp. as manifested in behavior or speech that insults or affronts others she showed an insolent disregard for the servant's feelings
- Haughty implies such consciousness of high station, rank, etc. as is displayed in scorn of those one considers beneath one a haughty dowager
- Arrogant implies an aggressive, unwarranted assertion of superior importance or privileges the arrogant colonel
- Proud is the broadest term in this comparison, ranging in implication from proper self-esteem or pride to an overweening opinion of one's importance too proud to beg, proud as a peacock
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