prouder

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: (a) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous. [1913 Webster]

Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty !— Shak.[1913 Webster]

And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. --Keble. [1913 Webster] (b) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. "Proud to be checked and soothed."— Keble.[1913 Webster]

Are we proud men proud of being proud ?— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]

2.Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. "Of shadow proud." --Chapman. "Proud titles." --Shak. " The proud temple's height." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud.— Keble.[1913 Webster]

3.Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling. [1913 Webster]

Proud flesh (Med.), a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer. [1913 Webster]