proudness

Feeling of achievement

Proudness is the state of being proud—feeling satisfaction in one's achievements or those of someone close.

The word is rare; pride covers the same ground and appears far more often in natural speech.

Proudness occasionally surfaces when writers want a noun form that sounds less abstract than pride: Her proudness in her children was evident.

dignity

self-respect

Valuing one's own worth

honorHigh regard, moral dignity
integrityMoral soundness and consistency
nobilityTitled ruling class

uprightness · worthiness · gravitas · stature · composure · bearing · poise · decorum · propriety · grace

arrogance

haughtiness

Disdainful sense of superiority

conceitExaggerated self-admiration
vanityExcessive pride in oneself
hubrisRuinous excessive confidence

smugness · pomposity · self-importance · snobbery · condescension · disdain · superiority · boastfulness · egotism · overconfidence

achievement

accomplishment

Successful completion of aim

successFavorable outcome attained
triumphResounding, celebrated victory
victoryDefeating an opponent

milestone · breakthrough · feat · excellence · merit · recognition · award · distinction · accolade · honor

cultural

heritage

Inherited cultural legacy

ancestryFamily line of descent
traditionCustom passed through generations
identityWho someone is

roots · homeland · community · lineage · ethnicity · belonging · legacy · history · motherland · customs

Opposites

self-regard and dignity

proudnessshame

Painful awareness of failure

humiliation · self-loathing · disgrace · shamefacedness · embarrassment

humility vs. arrogance

proudnesshumility

Freedom from arrogance

humbleness · modesty · shame · self-effacement · unpretentiousness

Family

pride, proud, proudly, prides, proudest, prideful, prouder, priding, pridefulness

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G