Weiyang Luo
Is there a proper word for"proundable" in English? proudable is a not a formal word that can be used for writing ,is there a synonym for it but more formal? prideworthy?Or anything else? Thank you for your help
2014년 6월 23일 오후 5:21
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Proudable doesn't exist at all, I'm afraid - it's a complete nonsense word. Nonsense words can't have synonyms, because they don't mean anything! Prideworthy doesn't exist either, but at least we have some idea what you are thinking of. There are some ideas which can't be translated by single words. I would express this idea in a phrase such as: He deserves to be proud if himself. Would that be suitable for what you want to say?
2014년 6월 23일
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Agree with Su Ki... proudable would cause people to scratch their heads, "prideworthy" sounds like a word and would be understandable but it's not actually a word. So... you need a phrase to express your meaning. Here are a few that come to mind: "worthy of pride", "something of which you can be proud" (more formal) or "something that you can be proud of" (less formal)
2014년 6월 23일
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