overproud

American  

[oh-ver-proud] / ˈoʊ vərˈpraʊd /

adjective

1. excessively proud.

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Other Word Forms

• overproudly adverb

Etymology

Origin of overproud

before 1050; Middle English over prowde, Old English ofer-prūt. See over-, proud

Example Sentences

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

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

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