Proud /(?)/

Proud

a.
  1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
    Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.
    O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty !
    And shades impervious to the proud world's glare.
  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 ?
  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.
  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.