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单词 proudness
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proudness


proud

P0620100 (proud)adj. proud·er, proud·est 1. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth: proud of one's child; proud to serve one's country.2. Occasioning or being a reason for pride: a proud moment when she received her diploma.3. Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect: too proud to beg.4. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem: a proud and haughty aristocrat.5. Of great dignity; honored: a proud name.6. Majestic; magnificent: proud alpine peaks.7. Spirited. Used of an animal: proud steeds.
[Middle English, from Old English prūd, from Old French prou, prud, brave, virtuous, oblique case of prouz, from Vulgar Latin *prōdis, from Late Latin prōde, advantageous, from Latin prōdesse, to be good : prōd-, for (variant of prō-, with d on the model of red-, prevocalic variant of re-, back, again; see pro-1) + esse, to be; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
proud′ly adv.proud′ness n.
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proudness

nounThe quality of being arrogant:arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, loftiness, lordliness, overbearingness, presumption, pride, pridefulness, superciliousness, superiority.

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proudness


  • noun

Synonyms for proudness

noun the quality of being arrogant

Synonyms

  • arrogance
  • haughtiness
  • hauteur
  • insolence
  • loftiness
  • lordliness
  • overbearingness
  • presumption
  • pride
  • pridefulness
  • superciliousness
  • superiority
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