pride
The quality or state of being proud.
Noun
- The quality or state of being proud.
- He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.
- He takes great pride in his work.
- He had pride of ownership in his department.
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A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
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An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
- Pride goeth before the fall. - 1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables:
- Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
- Her long ginger hair is her pride.
- The 18th century table is the pride of Mark's house/
- My children's accomplishments are my pride.
- Show; ostentation; glory.
- lofty trees yclad with summer's pride - 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war. - c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First...
- Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
- a falcon, towering in her pride of place - c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
- A company of lions or other large felines.
- A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until they are able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:pride.
Origin
From Middle English pryde, pride, from Old English prȳde, prȳte (“pride”) (compare Old Norse prýði (“bravery, pomp”)), derivative of Old English prūd (“proud”). More at proud. The verb derives from the noun, at least since the 12th century.
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Synonyms
dignity self-esteem arrogance conceit disdain amour propre manship pride self-belief self-confidence self-love self-pride self-regard self-respect self-worth
Antonyms
shame humiliation self-pity humility modesty degradation meekness
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Christmas pride eat one's pride gay pride housepride in one's pride in pride London pride mountain pride point of pride Pride pride and joy pride comes before a fall pride festival pride flag prideful pride goes before a fall prideless pride of Barbados pride of Burma pride of California Pride of Erin pride of India Pride of India tree pride of Ohio
Noun biology, natural sciences
Origin
From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.
Synonyms
amour propre dignity manship pride self-belief self-confidence self-esteem self-love self-pride self-regard self-respect self-worth
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Verb
- To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
- I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
- Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have...
- RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident. - 2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's...
Synonyms: take pride