proud

proud is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
2. superlative. Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
3. superlative. Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
4. superlative. Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
5. superlative. Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
6. adjective. having or displaying great dignity or nobility

   "a gallant pageant"

   "lofty ships"

   Synonyms: gallant, lofty, majestic

7. adjective. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

   "proud parents"

   "proud of his accomplishments"

Synonyms

gallant, lofty, majestic

Common word forms

prouder, proudly, proudest, proudful, proudness

Words from these letters

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