Puffed up as a balloon at a birthday partyBy Jamie Archer / SimilesSynonyms: boastful, proud, inflated, showy, self-importantDescribes visible, cartoonish, probably-about-to-pop pride.Tags: ProudMore similes for ProudAs proud as LuciferAs proud as a peacockBoastful as a cockerel at dawnBeaming as a Nobel laureateProud as a father at his daughter’s weddingProud as a rooster on a barnyard fenceSee all "Proud" similes →