Definition of 'pride'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense prides, present participle priding, past tense, past participle prided
1. uncountable noun
Pride is a feeling of satisfaction that you have because you or people close to you have
done something good or possess something good.
2. uncountable noun
Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself.
3. uncountable noun
Someone's pride is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people.
[disapproval]4. transitive verb
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Pride in American English
Thomasdied 1658; Eng. army officer: in 1648 brought about the expulsion (Pride's Purge) of over 100 Royalist & Presbyterian Members of Parliament
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pride in American English
noun
1.
a.
an unduly high opinion of oneself; exaggerated self-esteem; conceit
b.
haughty behavior resulting from this; arrogance
3.
delight or satisfaction in one's own or another's achievements, in associations, etc.
4.
a person or thing in which pride is taken
5.
the best of a class, group, society, etc.; pick; flower
6.
the best part; prime
in the pride of manhood
7.
mettle (in a horse)
10. Obsolete
sexual desire
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈprided or ˈpriding
11. Rare
to make proud
Idioms:
SYNONYMY NOTE: pride refers either to a justified or excessive belief in one's own worth, merit, superiority,
etc. [she takes pride in her accuracy]; conceit always implies an exaggerated opinion of oneself, one's achievements, etc. [blinded by her overweening conceit]; vanity suggests an excessive desire to be admired by others for one's achievements, appearance,
etc. [his vanity is wounded by criticism]; vainglory implies extreme conceit as manifested by boasting, swaggering, arrogance, etc. [the vainglory of a conquering general]; self-esteem implies a high opinion of oneself, often higher than is held by others OPPOSITE: humility
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Derived forms
prideful (ˈprideful)
adjective
pridefully (ˈpridefully)
adverb
pridefulness (ˈpridefulness)
noun
Word Frequency
pride in American English
(praid) (verb prided, priding)
noun
1.
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc
2.
the state or feeling of being proud
3.
4.
pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed
to reflect credit upon oneself
civic pride
5.
something that causes a person or persons to be proud
His art collection was the pride of the family
6.
the best of a group, class, society, etc
This bull is the pride of the herd
7.
the most flourishing state or period
in the pride of adulthood
8.
mettle in a horse
9. literary
splendor, magnificence, or pomp
10.
a group of lions
11.
sexual desire, esp. in a female animal
12.
ornament or adornment
13. See pride and joy
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 1. pride, conceit, self-esteem, egotism, vanity, vainglory imply an unduly favorable idea of one’s own appearance, advantages, achievements,
etc., and often apply to offensive characteristics. pride is a lofty and often arrogant assumption of superiority in some respect: Pride must have a fall. conceit implies an exaggerated estimate of one’s own abilities or attainments, together with
pride: blinded by conceit. self-esteem may imply an estimate of oneself that is higher than that held by others: a ridiculous self-esteem. egotism implies an excessive preoccupation with oneself or with one’s own concerns, usually
but not always accompanied by pride or conceit: His egotism blinded him to others' difficulties. vanity implies self-admiration and an excessive desire to be admired by others: His vanity was easily flattered. vainglory, somewhat literary, implies an inordinate and therefore empty or unjustified pride:
puffed up by vainglory. 5. boast.ANTONYMS 1. humility.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Derived forms
prideful adjective
pridefully
adverb
pridefulness
noun
prideless
adjective
pridelessly
adverb
Word origin
[bef. 1000; ME (n.); OE prȳde (c. ON prȳthi bravery, pomp), deriv. of prūd proud]Word Frequency
pride in British English
noun
1.
2.
excessive self-esteem; conceit
3.
a source of pride
4. (usually capital)
a.
a movement encouraging self-respect and camaraderie among members of a particular group, esp LGBT+ people
b.
an event celebrating LGBT+ culture
5.
satisfaction or pleasure taken in one's own or another's success, achievements, etc (esp in the phrase take (a) pride in)
7.
the most flourishing time
8.
a group (of lions)
10. archaic
sexual desire, esp in a female animal
12. See pride of place
verb
13. (tr; foll by on or upon)
to take pride in (oneself) for
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Derived forms
prideful (ˈprideful) adjective
pridefully (ˈpridefully)
adverb
Word origin
Old English prӯda; related to Latin prodesse to be useful, Old Norse prūthr stately; see proudWord Frequency
Pride in British English
noun
Thomas. died 1658, English soldier on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. He expelled members of the Long Parliament hostile to the army (Pride's Purge, 1648) and signed Charles I's death warrant
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Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall Bible: Proverbs
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pride
British English: pride
/praɪd/ NOUN
Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good.
He felt a sense of pride after he had finished the job.
- American English: pride /ˈpraɪd/
- Arabic: فَخْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: orgulho
- Chinese: 骄傲
- Croatian: ponos
- Czech: pýcha
- Danish: stolthed
- Dutch: trots
- European Spanish: orgullo
- Finnish: ylpeys
- French: fierté
- German: Stolz
- Greek: περηφάνεια
- Italian: orgoglio
- Japanese: 誇り
- Korean: 긍지
- Norwegian: stolthet
- Polish: duma
- European Portuguese: orgulho
- Romanian: mândrie
- Russian: гордость
- Spanish: orgullo
- Swedish: stolthet
- Thai: ความภาคภูมิใจ
- Turkish: gurur
- Ukrainian: гордість
- Vietnamese: sự tự hào
British English: pride
VERB /praɪd/
If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it.
He prides himself on being able to organise his own life.
- American English: pride /ˈpraɪd/
- Brazilian Portuguese: orgulhar-se
- Chinese: 以…而自豪
- European Spanish: enorgullecerse
- French: enorgueillir
- German: sich rühmen
- Italian: essere orgoglioso
- Japanese: 誇りにする
- Korean: ~을 자랑스러워하다
- European Portuguese: orgulhar-se
- Spanish: enorgullecerse
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