proud
adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT) /praʊd/ disapprovingDefinition
B2 feeling that you are better and more important than other people: Come on, admit you're wrong and don't be so proud. She knows she's lost, but she's too proud to admit it.Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of proud adjective (FEELING IMPORTANT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) proud as Lucifer idiom
- a cut above idiom
- airs and graces idiom
- arrogant adjective
- as if you owned the place idiom
- egotistic adjective
- get on your high horse idiom
- haughty adjective
- high and mighty idiom
- high-flown adjective
- pompous adjective
- portentous adjective
- proudly adverb
- put on the dog idiom
- self-appointed adjective
- throw your weight around/about idiom
- tin god noun
- toffee-nosed adjective
- too big for your boots idiom
- uppity adjective
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