誇らしい|ほこらしいhokorashii[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. i-adjectiveproud; haughty; arrogant
   彼女かのじょの顔かおは誇ほこらしさで赤あかく上気じょうきしていた。↗

   She was aflame with pride.

• Synonym誇るほこるNeutralA verb: to boast of something or take pride in it, as in 「伝統を誇る」. 「誇らしい」 is the adjective for the feeling.
• Related高慢こうまんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Looking down on others out of a sense of superiority; always derogatory, unlike the positive, well-earned pride of 「誇らしい」.
• Related傲慢ごうまんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Strongly derogatory: arrogant and disrespectful toward others. Unlike the justified pride of 「誇らしい」.
• Related横柄おうへいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers rude, overbearing behavior and manner, as in 「横柄な態度」; 「誇らしい」 describes an inner feeling of pride.
• Related高飛車たかびしゃNeutralDescribes a domineering, high-handed attitude, especially in how one speaks, as in 「高飛車な物言い」. Derogatory.
• Related尊大そんだいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Derogatory: someone in an advantageous position acting pompous and putting on airs. 「誇らしい」 involves no looking down on others.
• Related不遜ふそんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Lack of humility and no regard for others, as in 「不遜な態度」; it offends people and has nothing to do with pride.
• Related傲岸ごうがんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Rare and strongly derogatory: haughty and self-important, scorning others. In everyday speech say 「傲慢」.
• Related傲慢不遜ごうまんふそんFormalFormal four-character idiom for written prose. Very heavily derogatory: arrogant and insolent, despising others — the opposite of the positive 「誇らしい」.
• Related驕傲きょうごうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Pride and self-satisfaction; rare and rather archaic — say 「傲慢」 in daily use. Unlike the positive sense of 「誇らしい」.
• Related驕慢きょうまんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Arrogance that scorns others; rare and literary — in daily speech use 「傲慢」 or 「高慢」.
• Related高慢ちきこうまんちきCasualColloquial and mocking: a stuck-up look or a stuck-up person, as in 「高慢ちきな女」. Derogatory, quite unlike pride.
• Relatedいい気いいきCasualColloquial, often sarcastic: smug and self-satisfied, as in 「いい気になる」; it can also mean carefree or easygoing.
• Related御高いおたかいCasualColloquial. Putting on airs and looking down on people, as in 「お高くとまる」. Derogatory, unlike the positive pride of 「誇らしい」.
• Related居丈高いたけだかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Overbearing and intimidating, throwing one's weight around, as in 「居丈高に怒鳴る」; stresses a threatening manner.
• Related高圧的こうあつてきNeutralHigh-handed in the sense of pressing others down with power or authority, as in 「高圧的な態度」; about suppressing people, not an inner feeling of pride.
• Related偉そうえらそうCasualColloquial. Acting self-important and putting on airs, as in 「偉そうに言う」. Derogatory, whereas 「誇らしい」 is positive pride.
• Related自慢たらしいじまんたらしいCasualColloquial. Boastful in an annoying, show-off way — different from the positive pride of 「誇らしい」.
• Related誇り高いほこりたかいNeutralPositive: strong self-respect, integrity and dignity — a trait of character. 「誇らしい」 is more a momentary feeling of pride.
• Related得意げとくいげNeutralDescribes a pleased, elated look — outward appearance, as in 「得意げな顔」; can carry a hint of showing off.
• Antonym恥ずかしいはずかしいNeutralAntonym: ashamed, embarrassed or disgraceful, as in 「恥ずかしい失敗」 — the opposite of feeling proud.
• Antonym卑屈なNeutralAntonym: servile and groveling, as in 「卑屈な態度」 — the opposite of standing tall with pride.

Use 「誇らしい」 for positive pride in your own or a loved one's achievements, as in 「息子が誇らしい」 or 「誇らしげな顔」. For arrogance and looking down on people, the written terms 「傲慢」 and 「高慢」 fit; for putting on airs, colloquial 「偉そう」. Rarer written words like 横柄, 尊大, 不遜, 傲岸, 驕慢, 驕傲, 居丈高 and formal 傲慢不遜 all describe contemptuous arrogance; 高飛車 and 高圧的 are high-handed; 高慢ちき, いい気, 御高い and 自慢たらしい are colloquial jibes; 誇り高い praises character, 得意げ a smug look, 誇る is the verb, and 恥ずかしい and 卑屈な are the antonyms.

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1. 得意とくいで自慢じまんしたい気持きもちだ。