different between proud vs aloof
proud
English
Alternative forms
- prowd (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English pr?d, pr?t (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English pr?tung (“pride”); pr?de, pr?te (“pride”)). Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, stately, handsome, fine”) (Icelandic prúður, Middle Swedish prudh, Danish prud), probably from Old French prod, prud (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin pr?de (“useful”), derived from Latin pr?desse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives pr?te, pr?tian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. See also pride.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?a?d/
- Rhymes: -a?d
Adjective
proud (comparative prouder or more proud, superlative proudest or most proud)
- Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
- That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
- Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
- (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
- (obsolete) Brave, valiant; gallant.
- (obsolete) Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
Antonyms
- ashamed
Derived terms
Related terms
- pride
- prude
Translations
Anagrams
- pour'd, pudor
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pr?d?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?prou?t]
- Rhymes: -out
Noun
proud m
- current
- (electricity) current
Declension
Derived terms
- proud?ní
- proudící
- proudit
- po proudu
- proti proudu
- protiproud
Further reading
- proud in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- proud in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
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aloof
English
Etymology
From Middle English loof (“weather gage, windward direction”), probably from Middle Dutch (Compare Dutch loef (“the weather side of a ship”)), originally a nautical order to keep the ship's head to the wind, thus to stay clear of a lee-shore or some other quarter, hence the figurative sense of "at a distance, apart".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lu?f/
- Rhymes: -u?f
Adverb
aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)
- At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
- Without sympathy; unfavorably.
Translations
Adjective
aloof (comparative more aloof, superlative most aloof)
- Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
Derived terms
- aloofly
- aloofness
Translations
Preposition
aloof
- (obsolete) Away from; clear of.
See also
- See also Thesaurus:arrogant
References
Anagrams
- loofa
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