Proud — Defs

01 a. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense

1.
Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
“Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.” — Milton.

“O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty !” — Shak.

“And shades impervious to the proud world's glare.” — Keble.
2.
Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
“Are we proud men proud of being proud ?” — Thackeray.
3.
Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
“Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud.” — Keble.
4.
Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.

Phrases & compounds

Proud flesh — a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.