pride
/pɹaɪd/
The quality or state of being proud.; A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction; 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
- plural
- prides
Meanings
- 1
The quality or state of being proud.; A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc)
He has too much pride.
Tatoeba · _undertoad · CC BY 2.0 FR
My children fill me with pride.
Tatoeba · LimeGreenTeknii · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The quality or state of being proud.; 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
- 3
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance
- 4
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
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Show; ostentation; gloryrare
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Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or gloryrare
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Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonnessrare
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Lust or heat; sexual desire — especially in a female animalrare
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A group of lions or other large felines or similar animalsrare
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The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialisrare