Pride

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect.
  • n. Pleasure or satisfaction taken in an achievement, possession, or association: parental pride.
  • n. Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness.
  • n. A cause or source of pleasure or satisfaction; the best of a group or class: These soldiers were their country's pride.
  • n. The most successful or thriving condition; prime: the pride of youth.
  • n. An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • n. Mettle or spirit in horses.
  • n. A company of lions. See Synonyms at flock1.
  • n. A flamboyant or impressive group: a pride of acrobats.
  • v. To indulge (oneself) in a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction: I pride myself on this beautiful garden.
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  • n. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
  • n. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
  • n. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.
  • n. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children etc.
  • n. The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
  • n. Show; ostentation; glory.
  • n. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,
  • n. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
  • n. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
  • n. A company of lions.
  • v. To take or experience pride in something, be proud of it.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
  • n. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
  • n. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
  • n. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
  • n. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
  • n. Show; ostentation; glory.
  • n. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
  • n. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
  • v. To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
  • verb-intransitive. To be proud; to glory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or condition of being proud, or a feeling of elation or exultation on account of what one is or has or is connected with, in any sense.
  • n. A becoming and dignified sense of what is due to one's personality, character, or position; firm self-respect.
  • n. A reasonable feeling of elation or exultation in view of one's doings, achievements, or possessions, or those of a person or persons intimately connected with one.
  • n. Haughty or arrogant bearing or conduct; overbearing treatment of others; insolent exultation; vainglorying.
  • n. Exuberance of animal spirits; warmth of temperament; mettle.
  • n. Hence Lust; sexual desire; especially, the excitement of the sexual appetite in a female animal.
  • n. Wantonness; extravagance; excess; hence, impertinence; impudence.
  • n. That which is or may be a cause of pride; that of which men are proud.
  • n. Highest pitch; elevation; loftiness; the best or most admired part of a thing; the height; full force, extent, or quantity.
  • n. Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed; specifically, in heraldry, a term applicable to the peacock, turkey-cock, and other birds which spread their tails in a circular form, and drop their wings: as, a peacock in his pride.
  • n. Splendid show; ostentation.
  • n. A company or group (of lions).
  • n. Lameness; impediment.
  • n. Synonyms Pride, Egotism, Vanity, etc. (see egotism), self-exaltation, self-sufficiency, vainglory.
  • n. Pride, Arrogance, Presumption, etc. (see arrogance), lordliness, hauteur.
  • n. Ornament, glory, splendor.
  • To indulge in pride, elation, or self-esteem; value (one's self): used reflexively.
  • To spread, as a bird its tail-feathers.
  • To be proud; exult; glory: sometimes with indefinite it.
  • n. A kind of lamprey; especially, the mud-lamprey. See Ammocætes and lamprey. Also sand-pride and pride of the Isis.
  • n. The larval lamprey.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
  • n. a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
  • n. a group of lions
  • n. unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • v. be proud of
  • n. the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
    • Equivalent
    pride of china   
    Verb Form
    prided    prides    priding   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    animal group    feel    experience    trait   
    Cross Reference
    congratulate    arrogance    elation    pride-gavel    pride of the morning   
    Variant
    prid    sandpiper   
    Form
    prided    priding   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    haughtiness    self-exaltation    lordliness    hauteur    loftiness    conceit    disdain    show    ostentation    glory   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clyde    Eid    Hyde    Outside    Ride    Stateside    abide    allied    alongside    applied   
    Unknown
    LGBTQ   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ambition    passion    joy    vanity    anger    dignity    affection    curiosity    satisfaction    worship   
     
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