overproud
Americanadjective
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excessively proud.
Other Word Forms
- overproudly adverb
Etymology
Origin of overproud
before 1050; Middle English over prowde, Old English ofer-prūt. See over-, proud
Example Sentences
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A little overproud of its achievement, G.E. declared it had scooped the industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was like my mother to think first of others; but in a little she said, "I trust I am not overproud, that my bairn is so honoured."
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Item: Two bright eyes, a trifle overproud and willful, perhaps, but candid and full of laughter.
From Polly Oliver's Problem by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
One lady commenced to praise his works for God's cause: 'Tongue! tongue! lady,' he broke in; 'flesh of itself is overproud, and needs no means to esteem itself.'
From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor
They say he wrought you ill, and was cruel when he should have been gentle with you, and was overproud of his office.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
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