Definition of "overproud" [o•ver•proud]

• Excessively proud. (adjective)

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• "Inger drove on, feeling all set up and pleased with herself, and, coming into the village, she may have been a tripe overproud in her bearing."
• "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.'"
• "At the prison door, while fetters were being fastened on his legs he smilingly said, "I fear me I shall be overproud of my boots.""