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PRIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pride; superbia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):

deadly sin; mortal sin (an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pride"):

arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Attribute:

proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A feeling of self-respect and personal worth

Synonyms:

pride; pridefulness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):

feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pride"):

dignity; self-regard; self-respect; self-worth (the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect)

self-esteem; self-pride (a feeling of pride in yourself)

ego; egotism; self-importance (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others)

amour propre; conceit; self-love; vanity (feelings of excessive pride)

Antonym:

humility (a humble feeling)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

Example:

he takes pride in his son's success

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):

satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pride"):

civic pride; civic spirit (pride in your city)

Derivation:

pride (be proud of)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A group of lions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("pride" is a kind of...):

animal group (a group of animals)

Meronyms (members of "pride"):

king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo (large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be proud of

Example:

He prides himself on making it into law school

Synonyms:

congratulate; plume; pride

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "pride" is one way to...):

experience; feel (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

pride (satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Alas! for the pride which goes before a fall!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The effect on White Fang was to give him a greater faith in himself, and a greater pride.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

My love, Mas'r Davy—the pride and hope of my art—her that I'd have died for, and would die for now—she's gone!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

By the end of eleven years, however, Mrs. Price could no longer afford to cherish pride or resentment, or to lose one connexion that might possibly assist her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Sir Nigel looked about him at his shattered ranks, and his face flushed with a soldier's pride.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Family pride, and filial pride—for he is very proud of what his father was—have done this.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

His pride!—that was the deepest thing in all Jim’s nature.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She paused, and then suddenly her face lit up with pride and delight.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, no, cried Marianne, misery such as mine has no pride.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Then she bitterly grieved for the pride and folly which had brought her so low.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)