unproud
unproud adjective: not proud.
Adjective
unproud (comparative more unproud, superlative most unproud)
- 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
| comparative | more unproud |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
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