pride

Meaning

1. The quality or state of being proud; an unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, looks, wealth, importance etc., which comes across as being lofty, distant, and often showing contempt of others.
2. A sense of one's own worth, and scorn for what is beneath or unworthy of oneself.
3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation.
4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-congratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
5. Show; ostentation; glory.
6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
8. Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
9. A company of lions or other large felines.
10. Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).

arrogance

conceit

proud of

superbia

pride oneself

proud person

self-glorification

self praise

will-power

oestrum

high nose

person with a high nose

petulancy

self-admiration

European brook lamprey

self-complacency

vanity.

murmuration

be confused with joy

heat period

estrous period

surquedry

be proud

customer

erst

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹaɪd/

table 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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