How to pronounce proud

Say it like this: /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/

What does proud mean?

adjFeeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

“We're proud of having won / to have won.”

That makes one feel proud (of something one did)

“That was not the proudest thing I did but I can’t deny it.”

Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.

“I was too proud to apologise.”

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