overproud
Americanadjective
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
Perhaps they were overproud and reserved, for they held themselves aloof from those about them.
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
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
Inger drove on, feeling all set up and pleased with herself, and, coming into the village, she may have been a trifle overproud in her bearing.
From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut
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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