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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSE-PROUD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
House-Proud is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOUSE-PROUD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of house-proud in the English dictionary

The definition of house-proud in the dictionary is proud of the appearance, cleanliness, etc, of one's house, sometimes excessively so.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSE-PROUD

house surgeon
House Un-American Activities Committee
house white
house wine
house-broken
house-clean
house-cleaning
house-craft
house-hunt
house-hunting
house-sat
house-sit
house-sitter
house-sitting
house-to-house
house-train
house-trained
house-warming
house-warming party
houseboat

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSE-PROUD

beshroud
disenshroud
do someone proud
enshroud
futtock shroud
misproud
overproud
proud
purse-proud
shroud
stroud
unshroud

Synonyms and antonyms of house-proud in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «house-proud» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOUSE-PROUD

Find out the translation of house-proud to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of house-proud from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «house-proud» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

家傲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- casa orgullosa
570 millions of speakers

English

house-proud
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घर पर गर्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منزل فخور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

домовитая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

casa - orgulhoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘর গর্বিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maison - fier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah-bangga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haus - stolz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

家 - 誇り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하우스 자랑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omah-bangga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự hào nhà của mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டுக்கு பெருமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घर-गर्विष्ठ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ev gururlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

casa - fiera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dom - dumny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

домовита
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

-house mândru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπίτι - υπερήφανος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huis - trots
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hus - stolt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

house-proud
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of house-proud

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSE-PROUD»

The term «house-proud» is regularly used and occupies the 86.752 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSE-PROUD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about house-proud

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSE-PROUD»

Discover the use of house-proud in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to house-proud and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
House Proud: Unique Home Design, Louisiana
This is not simply a design inspiration book, but rather a thoughtful compilation of homeowners' personal stories of restoring and redesigning their dream houses - the stories of the "house-proud.
Valorie Hart, 2013
2
House Proud: Hip Craft for the Modern Homemaker
From vintage scarf cushions to decoupage tables and unique lamps, describes how to produce fabulous signature pieces for every room in the home that incorporates existing items into a host of creative projects.
Danielle Proud, 2007
3
House Proud: Nineteenth Century Watercolor Interiors from ...
"House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection" commemorates the recent gift of 85 nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings--the largest collection of its kind in America--to Cooper-Hewitt National ...
Gail S. Davidson, Floramae McCarron-Cates, Charlotte Gere, 2008
4
A Companion to Donald Davidson
It might be suggested that what is missing in the case of the house-proud person is the belief that beauty is good or in some other respect positive. Davidson resists this suggestion on the ground that a person might not value beauty at all.
Ernest Lepore, Kirk Ludwig, 2013
5
The Risk of Darkness
"I'm house-proud." "Take off your shoes, Kyra, I don't want muddy marks, I'm house-proud.” "Wash your hands after you've eaten that, Kyra, I don't want cake mixture on the furniture, I'm house-proud." It was beautiful inside Ed's house and she ...
Susan Hill, 2010
6
A Year in High Heels
Setting the scene, keeping it clean and creating the right ambience are one thing but how can you be house-proud when everything starts to come crashing down around you? There are two types of home improvement: those you choose to do  ...
Camilla Morton, 2011
7
Dogs: The Ultimate Care Guide: Good Health, Loving Care, ...
Dogs are naturally clean animals, following in the house-proud tradition of their ancestors, the wolves. They'll not dirty their eating or sleeping area, and their mothers teach them from day one how to be clean — and not just behind the ears .
Matthew Hoffman, 2000
8
More Than Houses
... some money for the kids. My son is going to college now, and I think, Okay, we are making it. ” House-Proud. Another story of triumph from Washington State comes from Ellensburg. Joyce Nelson of the Ellensburg Area Habitat affiliate was  ...
Millard Fuller, 1999
9
The Garden of Memories
... are found only in the home which ia ruled by a house-proud mistress. And Madame Elmacoft is proud of her house, proud of her garden, proud of the flowers that grow in it and above all proud of her stalwart sons. Master Nat and Master Dick ...
Henry St. John Cooper, 1921
10
Orange Coast Magazine
House Proud In rural areas, when a person puts a lot of emphasis on a home, he or she is known as "house proud." According to a recent survey of consumer attitudes conducted by Great Western Real Estate, Orange County residents are  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSE-PROUD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term house-proud is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kabir Khan: Salman has no complexity and no complex - The Times …
... and is extremely house-proud, to loving to travelling to different parts of the world, to being traditional in the way she approaches many things ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
Ino Manalo rediscovers old Pasay: Your country must be …
By nature, Manalo is house-proud, a quality he has assimilated from his mother: “She was always very organized. The house was always nicely ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
The world's most expensive vacuum cleaner can be yours for just …
... Firebox as the perfect vacuum for “stretch limousine interiors, red carpets and yacht decks”, it's right up the house-proud billionaire's avenue. «BT.com, Jul 15»
4
Kent woman hid camera in mother's care home and witnessed horrors
... it did show a sickening lack of respect from some staff, with the house-proud, dignified great-great-grandmother, who had worked hard all her ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Leeds doctor's service may have remedy for tackling glut of empty …
My mum was so house-proud she wouldn't have wanted it to fall into disrepair.” The practical help and emotional support offered by the service ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
6
Alex McKinnon's parents recall on 60 Minutes the moment their son …
He was always house-proud. It feels like a loss. He can stand for short periods, with help, and dreams of walking Teigan – "the woman who ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
18 things you should know about dating a girl who lives on her own
1. We're pretty damn house-proud. With no-one to blame that messy pile of crap in the corner on, we feel the very real pressure of what our flat ... «Cosmopolitan UK, Jul 15»
8
Call the doctor for help with empty homes
My mum was so house-proud she wouldn't have wanted it to fall into disrepair.” The practical help and emotional support offered by the service ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
9
Freeing millennials from nervous bystanders: their parents
Although it is a moderately poor area, it is a house-proud and safe neighborhood. Furthermore, when canvassing in a more economically ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
10
Return of the 1950s housewife? Young mothers swap careerism for …
They also emerged as surprisingly house-proud – often obsessively decorating and redecorating their rented homes and posting the results on ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. House-Proud [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/house-proud>. May 2024 ».
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