Meaning of unproud | Babel Free
Examples
“When he jeers at the British public who 'love⟳ me not,' it is with an air more jaunty than bitter, as of a. man not half-displeased to be above his audience, nor quite unproud of that distinction—sentiments which no audience is likely to approve⟳ of.”
“Listen⟳, thou child I used to be! / Unproud I move⟳, and yet unbowed, / Where thou wast fed with vanity, / Thy chiefest pride — thou wast not proud!”
“Arthur would spot Dose coming a mile off on the street and pull⟳ his wallet out, stuff a five-spot into his palm for their handclasp when they collided, pity money Dose had become⟳ too unproud to refuse⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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