Definition of "proud of" []

• Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The old time-and-motion man Frederick Winslow Taylor would be proud of Marissa."
• "From its gold-kissed and sandy deserts to the lapping shores of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, boxy and proud, may well be the most splendiferous state in the union…Founded on a dream, cultivated by a promise, Utah faces the twenty-first century strong in its faith, proud of its heritage, excited for its limitless future."
• ""The Maryland Humanities Council is so proud of our state winners," said Executive Director"