pround-stomached
Adjective: Having a stomach that is prominent or swollen, typically due to pride, arrogance, or self-importance. The term "pround-stomached" is a compound word combining "pround" (an obsolete or dialectal variant of "proud") and "stomached" (referring to the belly or abdomen), describing someone who carries themselves with an inflated sense of self-worth, often physically manifested by a distended or protruding stomach.
- (A merchant with a swollen belly from arrogance.)
- (His proud, self-important attitude was off-putting.)
- "to be pround-stomached": to exhibit excessive pride or vanity, often with a physical posture suggesting a full or bloated stomach.
- After the feast, the king sat pround-stomached on his throne, ignoring his subjects. (The king showed arrogance after overindulgence.)
Proud-stomached (adj): a more common spelling variant meaning the same thing.
- The proud-stomached noble refused to share his wealth. (The arrogant noble was unwilling to help others.)
Pround (adj): an obsolete or dialectal form of "proud," meaning feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction in one's own achievements or qualities.
- He was pround of his new horse. (He was proud of his new horse.)
Stomached (adj): having a stomach of a specified kind, often used in compounds.
- A pot-stomached man. (A man with a large belly.)
- Arrogant: having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance.
- Haughty: arrogantly superior and disdainful.
- Swollen-headed: conceited; overly proud.
- Puffed-up: excessively proud or conceited.
To be full of oneself: to be excessively self-satisfied or vain.
- He was so full of himself that he couldn't see others' needs. (He was overly proud.)
To have a swelled head: to be conceited or arrogant.
- After winning the award, she got a swelled head. (She became arrogant.)