Proud
//pɹaʊd//
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Adjective
Proper Noun
The word "proud" can be used as adjective, adjective and proper noun.
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color proud color-proud colour proud colour-proud do someone proud house proud house-proud houseproud misproud overproud piss proud proud as Lucifer proud as Punch proud as a peacock proud flesh proud-hearted proud-heartedly proud-heartedness proud-pied proud-stomached proudfall proudful proudhearted proudish proudling proudly proudness proudsome proudwork purse-proud ultraproud unproud winter-proud
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arrogant beaming beaming big bigheaded boastful braggart bragging braggy chesty cock-a-hoop conceited crowing dignified disdainful disdainful egotistic egotistical haughty house proud house-proud immodest imperious impressive lordly overbearing overproud overproud persnickety pleased prideful proud of proud of purse proud purse-proud self aggrandising self conceited self important self respectful self-aggrandising self-aggrandizing self-conceited self-important self-respectful self-respecting shabby genteel shabby-genteel sniffy snooty snot-nosed snotty stuck-up supercilious swaggering swelled swollen swollen-headed too big for one's breeches too big for one's breeches uppish vain vainglorious vainglorious
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