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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRIDE, n.
1. Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
Martial pride looks down on industry.
Pride goeth before destruction. Proverbs 16.
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
All pride is abject and mean.
Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Daniel 4.
2. Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.
That hardly we escap'd the pride of France.
3. Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.
The honest pride of conscious virtue.
4. Elevation; loftiness.
A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place.
5. Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.
Whose lofty trees, clad with summer's pride.
Be his this sword
Whose ivory sheath, inwrought with curious pride,
Adds graceful terror to the wearer's side.
6. Splendid show; ostentation.
Is this array, the war of either side
Through Athens pass'd with military pride.
7. That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.
I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zechariah 9. Zephaniah 3.
8. Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.
9. Proud persons. Psalms 36.
PRIDE, v.t. With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of self-respect and personal worth [syn: pride, pridefulness] [ant: humbleness, humility]
2: satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; "he takes pride in his son's success"
3: the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
4: a group of lions
5: unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: pride, superbia] v
1: be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume, congratulate]

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Thomas died 1658 English Parliamentarian commander

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pry?de, from pr?d proud — more at proud Date: before 12th century 1. the quality or state of being proud: as a. inordinate self-esteem ; conceit b. a reasonable or justifiable self-respect c. delight or elation arising from some act, possession, or relationship <parental pride> 2. proud or disdainful behavior or treatment ; disdain 3. a. ostentatious display b. highest pitch ; prime 4. a source of pride ; the best in a group or class 5. a company of lions 6. a showy or impressive group <a pride of dancers> II. transitive verb (prided; priding) Date: 13th century to indulge (as oneself) in pride

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that do one credit. b an object of this feeling. 2 a high or overbearing opinion of one's worth or importance. 3 (in full proper pride) a proper sense of what befits one's position; self-respect. 4 a group or company (of animals, esp. lions). 5 the best condition; the prime. --v.refl. (foll. by on, upon) be proud of. Phrases and idioms: my, his , etc. pride and joy a thing of which one is very proud. pride of the morning a mist or shower at sunrise, supposedly indicating a fine day to come. pride of place the most important or prominent position. take pride (or a pride) in 1 be proud of. 2 maintain in good condition or appearance. Derivatives: prideful adj. pridefully adv. prideless adj. Etymology: OE prytu, pryte, pryde f. prud PROUD

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pride 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pride 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(prides, priding, prided) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good. ...the sense of pride in a job well done... We take pride in offering you the highest standards... They can look back on their endeavours with pride. N-UNCOUNT: oft N in n/-ing 2. Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself. It was a severe blow to Kendall's pride. = self-esteem N-UNCOUNT 3. Someone's pride is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people. His pride may still be his downfall. = arrogance N-UNCOUNT [disapproval] 4. If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it. Smith prides himself on being able to organise his own life... VERB: V pron-refl on -ing/n 5. Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy. The bike soon became his pride and joy. PHRASE: v-link PHR 6. If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things. A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair... PHRASE: PHR after v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit, vanity. 2. Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, presumption, hauteur. 3. Elevation (of character), dignity, lofty self-respect, noble self-esteem. 4. Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, glory. 5. Boast, occasion of pride. 6. Splendid show, ostentation.

Moby Thesaurus

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