To sign proud in ASL, make a fist with your thumb pointing down and place it low on your chest. Slide the hand straight up your chest, keeping the thumb down the whole time. Lift your chin a little as you sign, so your face shows the feeling too.
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How to sign it
Handshape: a fist with the thumb sticking out and pointing down.
Location: start low on your chest.
Movement: slide the hand straight up your chest.
Facial expression: chin lifted a little, lips pressed together.
Use it in a sentence
MOM PROUD.
Mom is proud.
This video shows one common way to sign proud. Lifeprint notes that the thumb can move up the middle or the side of the chest; either way is fine.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/p/proud.htm.
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