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The correct spelling is proud.
How to pronounce proud
/pɹaʊd/
adjectiveIPA: /pɹaʊd/
Say it like: Pro-wd
The correct spelling is proud. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified. For example: "I am proud of Sivu’s schoolwork."
Usage Examples
“I am proud of Sivu’s schoolwork.”
“I was too proud to apologise.”
“It was a proud day when we finally won the championship.”
Definition
adjective
- 1.Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- 2.Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
- 3.Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
- 4.Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- 5.(Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
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