proud

a. [ Compar. Prouder superl. Proudest. ] [ OE. proud, prout, prud, prut, AS. prūt; akin to Icel. prūðr 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 ]

☞ 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 ]