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
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
And if he was a bit overproud—it was only because those about him were overproud and foolish.
From The Bell-Ringer of Angel's by Harte, Bret
We took ye, a raw liddie, some bit overproud of himself, and now I'm thinking we'll miss ye when we send ye back the makings of a man.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
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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