proudest

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pleased, pleasing adj.
arrogant, self-important adj.

ADJECTIVE

pleased, pleasing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciative glad great honored illustrious noble satisfied

WEAK

august content contented dignified eminent fiery fine glorious gorgeous grand gratified gratifying great-hearted imposing impressive magnificent majestic memorable red-letter rewarding satisfying self-respecting spirited splendid stately sublime superb valiant vigorous well-pleased

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant infamous lowly undignified unimportant unknown

WEAK

humble meek modest sad sorry

ADJECTIVE

arrogant, self-important

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cocky dismissive

WEAK

bloated boastful cavalier conceited contemptuous cool disdainful domineering egotistic egotistical haughty high-and-mighty high-handed huffy imperious insolent lofty narcissistic ostentatious overbearing pompous presumptuous pretentious puffed up scornful self-satisfied sniffy snobbish snooty stuck-up supercilious superior vain vainglorious

Antonyms

WEAK

humble meek modest sad sorry

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proudest

“The episodes I was proudest of were where you dug something out from inside of your history and your heart.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

His proudest contribution was creating the framework for the union’s first medical plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Alyssa Pagoria says one of her proudest moments as a manager was helping a former member of her customer-success team get off a performance-improvement plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Then there is her Imagination Library, which has reportedly distributed over 300 million books to children around the world since its launch in the late 1980s — an effort Dolly counted as her proudest achievement.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

The defeated soldiers tossed their muskets onto a growing mountain of surrendered weapons, a scene that would go down as one of America’s proudest moments.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis