What are the opposite words for proud?
Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning of another word. For the word "proud," some antonyms include: ashamed, humble, meek, modest, and shy. These words describe a person who is lacking in confidence or feel embarrassed about something. Being proud means having a feeling of pleasure or deep satisfaction derived from one's achievements, qualities, or possessions. In contrast, feeling ashamed or humble means feeling guilty or remorseful about something. Meek and modest refer to being unassuming and not excessively self-promoting, while shy means reluctant to draw attention to oneself. Learning these antonyms for "proud" can help you better understand the nuances of language and express yourself in a more nuanced and precise way.
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humble
- lowborn,
- self-conscious,
- supplicatory,
- timorous,
- unambitious,
- unpretentious,
- Low-born,
- de mure,
- de-mure,
- in glorious,
- in significant,
- in-glorious,
- lowranking,
- more low born,
- more low ranking,
- more low-born,
- more lowborn,
- more lowranking,
- more proletarian,
- more supplicatory,
- more unambitious,
- most low ranking,
- most low-born,
- most low-ranking,
- most lowborn,
- most lowranking,
- most proletarian,
- most supplicatory,
- most unambitious,
- re served,
- re tiring,
- re-served,
- re-tiring,
- self conscious,
- self effacing,
- selfconscious,
- selfeffacing,
- soft spoken,
- softspoken,
- un ambitious,
- un couth,
- un distinguished,
- un obtrusive,
- un ostentatious,
- un pretentious,
- un refined,
- un-ambitious,
- un-couth,
- un-distinguished,
- un-fit,
- un-important,
- un-obtrusive,
- un-ostentatious,
- un-refined,
- under privileged,
- under-privileged,
- with drawn,
- with-drawn.
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modest
- inelaborate,
- unassertive,
- unassured,
- unornamented,
- unpretending,
- Unboastful,
- Unembroidered,
- unpresuming,
- in elaborate,
- in expensive,
- in-elaborate,
- in-expensive,
- more inelaborate,
- more unassertive,
- more unassured,
- more unboastful,
- more unexcessive,
- more unornamented,
- more unpresuming,
- more unpretending,
- more unradical,
- more withdrawing,
- most inelaborate,
- most unassertive,
- most unassured,
- most unboastful,
- most unexcessive,
- most unextravagant,
- most unornamented,
- most unpresuming,
- most unpretending,
- most unradical,
- most withdrawing,
- re signed,
- re-signed,
- un adorned,
- un affected,
- un assertive,
- un assured,
- un boastful,
- un embellished,
- un embroidered,
- un exceptional,
- un excessive,
- un extravagant,
- un extreme,
- un extremer,
- un ornamented,
- un presuming,
- un pretending,
- un studied,
- un-adorned,
- un-assertive,
- un-assured,
- un-boastful,
- un-embellished,
- un-embroidered,
- un-exceptional,
- un-excessive,
- un-extravagant,
- un-extreme,
- un-extremer,
- un-extremest,
- un-ornamented,
- un-presuming,
- un-pretending,
- un-studied,
- unexcessive,
- unextravagant,
- unextreme,
- unextremer,
- unextremest,
- unradical,
- with drawing,
- with-drawing.
- abject
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shy
- modest,
- timid,
- uneager,
- unsocial,
- dis inclined,
- dis trustful,
- dis-inclined,
- dis-trustful,
- in disposed,
- in-disposed,
- more uneffusive,
- more unsocial,
- most introvert,
- most uneager,
- most unsocial,
- un eager,
- un effusive,
- un responsive,
- un social,
- un willing,
- un-eager,
- un-effusive,
- un-responsive,
- un-social,
- un-willing,
- uneffusive.
- timid
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abashed
- fuddled,
- taken aback,
- in a tizzy,
- be wildered,
- be-wildered,
- dis concerted,
- dis-concerted,
- in tizzy,
- more bugged,
- more chagrined,
- more crushed,
- more fazed,
- more fuddled,
- more humbled,
- more mortified,
- more rattled,
- most bugged,
- most chagrined,
- most crushed,
- most fazed,
- most fuddled,
- most humbled,
- most mortified,
- most rattled.
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fawning
- adulatory,
- fawning,
- mealymouthed,
- sycophantic,
- mealy mouthed,
- more adulatory,
- more bootlicking,
- more bowing,
- more brownnosing,
- more cowering,
- more kowtowing,
- more scraping,
- more sniveling,
- more sycophant,
- more sycophantic,
- most adulatory,
- most bootlicking,
- most bowing,
- most brownnosing,
- most cowering,
- most kowtowing,
- most scraping,
- most sniveling,
- most sycophant,
- most sycophantic.
- unassuming
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unpretentious
- easy going,
- Unbeautified,
- Unpresumptuous,
- easy-going,
- free spirited,
- free-spirited,
- freespirited,
- laid back,
- laidback,
- more easy going,
- more easy-going,
- more free-spirited,
- more freespirited,
- more uncomplex,
- more unpresumptuous,
- most easy going,
- most free spirited,
- most free-spirited,
- most freespirited,
- most unbeautified,
- most uncomplex,
- most unpresumptuous,
- un beautified,
- un complex,
- un imposing,
- un spoiled,
- un-beautified,
- un-complex,
- un-imposing,
- un-presumptuous,
- un-pretentious,
- un-spoiled,
- uncomplex.
- exhibiting mental discomfort, ill at ease
- hopeless and downtrodden
- all
- meek, unassuming
- pleased, pleasing
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quiet and self-conscious
- shy.
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Other relevant words
- humiliated,
- abject,
- acquiescent,
- apologetic,
- average,
- base,
- bashful,
- common,
- compliant,
- cowering,
- crestfallen,
- cringing,
- deep,
- defeated,
- deferential,
- degraded,
- dejected,
- demure,
- depressed,
- diffident,
- disconsolate,
- dispirited,
- down-to-earth,
- downcast,
- homely,
- inferior,
- insignificant,
- introverted,
- lowly,
- mean,
- measly,
- mediocre,
- meretricious,
- mousy,
- ordinary,
- overmodest,
- paltry,
- passive,
- petty,
- puny,
- quiet,
- reserved,
- resigned,
- retiring,
- run-of-the-mill,
- second-rate,
- shabby,
- sheepish,
- short,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- sordid,
- stunted,
- subdued,
- submissive,
- timid,
- trifling,
- trivial,
- unassertive,
- unassuming,
- unimposing,
- unobtrusive,
- unprepossessing,
- unpretentious,
- yielding,
- Dwarfed,
- Self-reproving,
- unpretending,
- unheroic.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
inherence inherency
- Antonyms:
- acquired, alien.
