NOUN | feeling | pride, pridefulness | a feeling of self-respect and personal worth |
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feeling | pride | satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements | |
attribute | pride | the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards | |
group | pride | a group of lions | |
act | pride, superbia | unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) | |
VERB | emotion | pride, plume, congratulate | be proud of |
Sounds | pray'd | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | A feeling of self-respect and personal worth. | |
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Synonym | pridefulness | |
Narrower | amour propre, conceit, self-love, vanity | Feelings of excessive pride |
dignity, self-respect, self-regard, self-worth | The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect | |
ego, egotism, self-importance | An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | |
self-esteem, self-pride | A feeling of pride in yourself | |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
Opposite | humility, humbleness | A humble feeling |
Spanish | autoestima, orgullo | |
Catalan | autoestima, orgull |
Meaning | Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements. | |
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Example | "he takes pride in his son's success" | |
Narrower | civic pride, civic spirit | pride in your city |
Broader | satisfaction | The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation |
Spanish | orgullo, satisfacción | |
Catalan | orgull | |
Verbs | pride | be proud of |
Meaning | The trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards. | |
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Attributes | proud | Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth |
Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
Spanish | amor propio, autoestima, orgullo | |
Catalan | amor propi, autoestima, orgull |
Meaning | A group of lions. | |
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Members | lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo | large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male |
Broader | animal group | A group of animals |
Meaning | Unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins). | |
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Synonym | superbia | |
Narrower | arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
Broader | mortal sin, deadly sin | An unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
Spanish | soberbia, superbia | |
Catalan | superbia, supèrbia |
Meaning | Be proud of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
Example | "He prides himself on making it into law school" | |
Synonyms | plume, congratulate | |
Broader | feel, experience | Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind |
Spanish | congratularse, congratular, felicitarse, felicitar | |
Catalan | congratular, felicitar | |
Nouns | pride | satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements |
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