Definition of PRIDE

pride

Plural: prides

Noun

  • a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
  • satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
    • "he takes pride in his son's success"
  • the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
  • a group of lions
  • unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
  • That of which one is proud; that which excites self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
  • Show; ostentation; glory.
  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory.
  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
  • Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female animal.
  • A company of lions or other large felines.
  • Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
  • The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

Verb

Verb Forms: prided, priding, prides

  • To feel deep pleasure or satisfaction in oneself or achievements.
  • be proud of
    • "He prides himself on making it into law school"
  • To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.

Examples

  • A pride of lions often consists of a dominant male, his harem and their offspring, but young adult males 'leave home' to roam about as bachelors pride until able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
  • He had pride of ownership in his department.
  • He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.
  • He takes great pride in his work.
  • He would PRIDE himself on finding obscure, high-scoring words in Words With Friends.
  • I pride myself on being a good judge of character.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

congratulate, plume, pridefulness, superbia, amour propre, arrogance, conceit, dignity, disdain, hubris, manship, prid, pride, sandpiper, self-belief, self-confidence, self-esteem, self-love, self-pride, self-regard, self-respect, self-worth

Scrabble Score: 8

pride: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pride: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pride: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

pride: valid Words With Friends Word