prowde
prowde is the obsolete form of proud.
Meaning of proud
Adjective
proud (comparative prouder or more proud, superlative proudest or most proud)
- Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- We're proud of having won / to have won.
- That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
- That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.
- Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
- I was too proud to apologise.
- Synonyms:
- self-confident, arrogant
- Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
- Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he ſhall not be vnpuniſhed.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 16:5
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.
- standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
- Norsus [...] walked between the lines of soldiers in their bronze armour; keen swords in their hands and proud plumes fluttering from their helmets.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 77
Forms of prowde
| comparative | more prowde |
|---|---|
| superlative | most prowde |
Questions about prowde
- What is prowde the obsolete form of?
- Prowde is the obsolete form of proud.
Words near prowde in the dictionary
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