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unproud

unproud adjective: not proud.

Adjective

unproud (comparative more unproud, superlative most unproud)

  1. Not proud.
    • When he jeers at the British public who 'love me not,' it is with an air more jaunty than bitter, as of a. man not half-displeased to be above his audience, nor quite unproud of that distinction—sentiments which no audience is likely to approve of.1879 July, Fraser's Magazine, volume 20, page 104
    • Listen, thou child I used to be! / Unproud I move, and yet unbowed, / Where thou wast fed with vanity, / Thy chiefest pride — thou wast not proud!1893, Edith Matilda Thomas, Fair Shadow Land, page 32

Forms of unproud

comparativemore unproud
superlativemost unproud

Origin of unproud

From un- + proud.

Words formed from unproud

Questions about unproud

What does unproud mean?
Unproud means not proud.
What part of speech is unproud?
Unproud is an adjective.

Words near unproud in the dictionary

  1. unprototypical
  2. unprotracted
  3. unprotruded
  4. unprotruding
  5. unprotrusive
  6. unproud
  7. unproudly
  8. unprovability
  9. unprovable
  10. unprovableness
  11. unprovably

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