Pride

Quick meaning: Pride is a noun meaning The quality or state of being proud.

Meaning

The quality or state of being proud.

More Meanings

1. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
2. Show; ostentation; glory.
3. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
4. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
5. (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
6. 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
7. (archaic) Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)

Example Sentences

Pride goeth before the fall.

Her long ginger hair is her pride.

lofty trees yclad with summer's pride

a bold peasantry, their country's pride

Word Forms

• prides
• priding
• prided

Synonyms for pride

Depending on context, synonyms include dignity, self-esteem, arrogance, conceit, disdain, manship.

Antonyms for pride

Common opposites include shame, humiliation, self-pity, humility, modesty, degradation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pridefulness, congratulate, preen, plume, arrogance, hubris.

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