overproud
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
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
But I take no credit fer thet Gawd give me the skill ter do hit, an' I might hev used hit ter better purpose then ofttimes I did, fer I was overproud er my skill.
From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by Taylor, H. Weston
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
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)
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