Definitions for: Pride


[n] unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
[n] a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
[n] satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success"
[n] a group of lions
[v] pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
[v] be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
[v] be proud of; "She prides herself on her son"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pride, n. [Cf. AS. lamprede, LL. lampreda, E. lamprey.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); --
called also prid, and sandpiper.


Pride, n. [AS. pr[=y]te; akin to Icel. pr[=y][eth]i
honor, ornament, pr??a to adorn, Dan. pryde, Sw. pryda; cf.
W. prydus comely. See Proud.]
1. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate
self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own
superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which
manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and
often in contempt of others.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. --Dan.
iv. 37.

Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
--Franklin.

2. A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is
beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble
self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing;
proud delight; -- in a good sense.

Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride.
--Goldsmith.

A people which takes no pride in the noble
achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve
anything worthy to be remembered with pride by
remote descendants. --Macaulay.

3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or
arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct;
insolent exultation; disdain.

Let not the foot of pride come against me. --Ps.
xxxvi. 11.

That hardly we escaped the pride of France. --Shak.

4. That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or
self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem,
or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty,
ornament, noble character, children, etc.

Lofty trees yclad with summer's pride. --Spenser.

I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. --Zech.
ix. 6.

A bold peasantry, their country's pride.
--Goldsmith.

5. Show; ostentation; glory.

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
--Shak.

6. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory;
as, to be in the pride of one's life.

A falcon, towering in her pride of place. --Shak.

7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits;
mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an
excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast. [Obs.]

Pride of India, or Pride of China. (Bot.) See Margosa.


Pride of the desert (Zo["o]l.), the camel.

Syn: Self-exaltation; conceit; hauteur; haughtiness;
lordliness; loftiness.

Usage: Pride, Vanity. Pride is a high or an excessive
esteem of one's self for some real or imagined
superiority, as rank, wealth, talents, character, etc.
Vanity is the love of being admired, praised, exalted,
etc., by others. Vanity is an ostentation of pride;
but one may have great pride without displaying it.
Vanity, which is etymologically ``emptiness,'' is
applied especially to the exhibition of pride in
superficialities, as beauty, dress, wealth, etc.


Pride, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Priding.]
To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to
plume; -- used reflexively. --Bp. Hall.

Pluming and priding himself in all his services.
--South.


Pride, v. i.
To be proud; to glory. [R.]

Synonyms: congratulate, congratulate, plume, preen, pridefulness, superbia

Antonyms: humbleness, humbleness, humility, humility

See Also: amour propre, animal group, arrogance, be, civic pride, civic spirit, conceit, conceit, crow, deadly sin, dignity, ego, egotism, experience, feel, feeling, gloat, haughtiness, highhandedness, king of beasts, lion, lordliness, mortal sin, Panthera leo, satisfaction, self-esteem, self-esteem, self-importance, self-love, self-pride, self-regard, self-respect, trait, triumph, vanity, vanity

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