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[ adjective ] feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth

Synonyms

pleased

Examples

"proud of their child"

Used in print

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

It was a word he was proud_of , a word that meant much to him , and he used it with great pleasure , almost as if it were an exclusive possession , and more : he sensed himself to be very highly educated , four_cuts_above any of the folks back home .

Related terms

proud

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