1. proud - Adjective
3. proud - Adjective Satellite
4. Proud - Proper noun
Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA proud monk needs no demon. He has turned into one, an enemy to himself. John Climacus
You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit. Demosthenes
When God sees that we are proud and arrogant, He allows for the presence of temptations in our life. He will take them away from us, only when He sees that we humble ourselves. Paisios of Mount Athos
An oil lamp feels proud to give light even though it wears itself away. Nigerian Proverb
The son shoots a leopard; the father is proud. African Congo Proverb
A turtle is not proud of his long neck. Malian Proverb