/praʊd/
Translation
Feeling glad and pleased about something good you or someone close has done.
Word origin
From Old French prud, meaning brave or fine, from Latin prodesse.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- prud
Examples
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"Proud" shows she felt glad about what she did.
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Here "proud" means they feel pleased and glad about him.
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"Proud" describes their glad, pleased feeling.
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