Definitions for Pride
praɪdpride

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. pride, pridefulnessnoun

   a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

2. pridenoun

   satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

   "he takes pride in his son's success"

3. pridenoun

   the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards

4. pridenoun

   a group of lions

5. pride, superbiaverb

   unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

6. pride, plume, congratulateverb

   be proud of

   "He prides himself on making it into law school"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 4 votes

1. pridenoun

   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 contempt of others.

2. pridenoun

   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.

3. pridenoun

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

4. pridenoun

   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.

5. pridenoun

   The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

6. pridenoun

   Show; ostentation; glory.

7. pridenoun

   Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,

8. pridenoun

   Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.

9. pridenoun

   Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.

10. prideverb

    To take or experience pride in something, be proud of it.

    I pride myself on being a good judge of character, but pride goes before the fall and I'm not a good judge of my own character so I'm often wrong without knowing it.

11. pridenoun

    A company of lions.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pridenoun

   Etymology: prit or pryd , Saxon.

   1. Inordinate and unreasonable self-esteem.

   I can see his pride
   Peep through each part of him. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Pride hath no other glass
   To shew itself, but pride; for supple knees
   Feed arrogance, and are the proud man’s fees. William Shakespeare.

   He his wonted pride soon recollects. John Milton.

   Vain aims, inordinate desires
   Blown up with high conceits engend’ring pride. John Milton.

   2. Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.

   That witch
   Hath wrought this hellish mischief unawares;
   That hardly we escap’d the pride of France. William Shakespeare.

   They undergo
   This annual humbling certain number’d days,
   To dash their pride and joy for man seduc’d. John Milton.

   Wantonness and pride
   Raise out of friendship, hostile deeds in peace. John Milton.

   3. Dignity of manner; loftiness of air.4. Generous elation of heart.

   The honest pride of conscious virtue. Smith.

   5. Elevation; dignity.

   A falcon, tow’ring in her pride of place,
   Was by a mousing owl hawkt at and kill’d. William Shakespeare.

   6. Ornament; show; decoration.

   Whose lofty trees, yclad with summer’s pride,
   Did spread so broad, that heavens light did hide. F. Qu.

   Smallest lineaments exact,
   In all the liveries deck’d of summer’s pride. John Milton.

   Be his this sword,
   Whose ivory sheath, inwrought with curious pride,
   Adds graceful terror to the wearer’s side. Alexander Pope.

   7. Splendour; ostentation.

   In this array the war of either side,
   Through Athens pass’d with military pride. Dryden.

   8. The state of a female beast soliciting the male.

   It is impossible you should see this,
   Were they as salt as wolves in pride. William Shakespeare.

2. To Prideverb

   To make proud; to rate himself high. It is only used with the reciprocal pronoun.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   He could have made the most deformed beggar as rich, as those who most pride themselves in their wealth. Go. of the Ton.

   This little impudent hardware-man turns into ridicule the direful apprehensions of the whole kingdom, priding himself as the cause of them. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pride

   Pride is a song by American indie rock band American Authors. The song was written by band members Zachary Barnett, David Rublin, Matthew Sanchez and James Shelley with producers Aaron Accetta and Shep Goodman. The track was released by Mercury Records and Island Records as second single from their second album What We Live For.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pride

   Pride is a deep satisfaction or pleasure in one's own achievements, skills, qualities, or possessions, often accompanied by a sense of superiority or excessive self-esteem. It is a positive emotion that arises from a sense of self-worth and self-respect.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pridenoun

   a small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper

2. Pridenoun

   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

3. Pridenoun

   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

4. Pridenoun

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

5. Pridenoun

   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

6. Pridenoun

   show; ostentation; glory

7. Pridenoun

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

8. Pridenoun

   consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast

9. Prideverb

   to indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively

10. Prideverb

    to be proud; to glory

11. Etymology: [Cf. AS. lamprede, LL. lampreda, E. lamprey.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Pride

   Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two common meanings. With a negative connotation, pride refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments, often used synonymously with hubris. With a positive connotation, pride refers to a satisfied sense of attachment toward one's own or another's choices and actions, or toward a whole group of people, and is a product of praise, independent self-reflection, or a fulfilled feeling of belonging. Philosophers and social psychologists have noted that pride is a complex secondary emotion which requires the development of a sense of self and the mastery of relevant conceptual distinctions through language-based interaction with others. Some social psychologists identify it as linked to a signal of high social status. In contrast pride could also be defined as a disagreement with the truth. One definition of pride in the first sense comes from St. Augustine: "the love of one's own excellence". In this sense, the opposite of pride is either humility or guilt; the latter in particular being a sense of one's own failure in contrast to Augustine's notion of excellence.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pride

   prīd, n. state or feeling of being proud: too great self-esteem: haughtiness: overbearing treatment of others: a proper sense of what is becoming to one's self: a feeling of pleasure on account of something worthily done: that of which men are proud: that which excites boasting: elevation, loftiness: beauty displayed, ornament, ostentation: high spirit, mettle: (Shak.) lust.—v.t. to have or take pride: to value, as one's self, &c.—adj. Pride′ful.—adv. Pride′fully.—n. Pride′fulness.—adj. Pride′less. [A.S. prýte—prút, proud.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pride

   In heraldry, a peacock or other bird, when the tail is spread out in a circular form, and the wings drooped, is said to be “in his pride.”

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PRIDE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pride is ranked #4908 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pride surname appeared 7,172 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Pride.
   
   52.8% or 3,790 total occurrences were Black.
   41% or 2,945 total occurrences were White.
   3.1% or 224 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 159 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 32 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 22 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Group
   • Feeling
   • Satisfaction
   • Trait

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Pride' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3540

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Pride' in Nouns Frequency: #1475

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Anagrams for Pride »

1. pried

2. riped

3. redip

How to pronounce Pride?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Pride in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pride in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pride in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Pride in a Sentence

1. Ken Burchell:

   I honestly feel like if I had the chance to serve in this unit for one day, it really would be a tremendous honor, and I've been lucky enough to do it for 25 years, i take tremendous pride in what this unit has accomplished and what it has continued to accomplish.

2. Paul Monti:

   Fly a flag in front of your house, showyour pride in America, you see a soldier, you cant shake his hand, I guess, but you can at least say thank you for your service.

3. Charles de LEUSSE:

   The pride blurs us the eye.It is our alcohol. (L'orgueil nous brouille l'oeil. Il est notre alcool)

4. William Shakespeare:

   O, now, for ever Farewell the tranquil mind farewell content Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars That make ambition virtue O, farewell Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell Othello's occupation's gone

5. Charles de Gaulle:

   The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pride
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pride
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Pride
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pride
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Pride
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Pride
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Pride