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pride

/pɹaɪd/

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Scotland/pɾʌɪd/

pride noun: a sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc). Also the alternative letter-case form of Pride.

Noun (1)

pride (countable and uncountable, plural prides)

  1. A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
    • He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers.
    • He takes great pride in his work.
    Synonyms:
    dignity, arrogance
  2. 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.
  3. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
    • Pride goeth before the fall.1912, G. K. Chesterton, Introduction to Aesop's Fables
    Synonyms:
    disdain, hubris
  4. Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
    • Her long ginger hair is her pride.
    • The 18th century table is the pride of Mark's house/
  5. Show; ostentation; glory.
    • lofty trees yclad with summer's pride1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  6. Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
    • a falcon, towering in her pride of placec. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  7. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
  8. (archaic) Lust or heat; sexual desire (especially in a female animal)
  9. (collective) A group of lions or other large felines or similar animals.
    • 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 a bachelors' pride until they are able to seize/establish a family pride of their own.
    • a pride of lions started roaring out in the plains beyond our ring of hills1921 December, Captain F. A. M. Webster, “Ridden out: An East African Story”, in The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 57, number 317, Longmans, Green, and Company, page 128

Verb

pride (third-person singular simple present prides, present participle priding, simple past and past participle prided)

  1. (reflexive) To take or experience pride in something; to be proud of it.
    • I pride myself on being a good judge of character.
    • Ichabod prided himself upon his dancing as much as upon his vocal powers. Not a limb, not a fibre about him was idle; and to have seen his loosely hung frame in full motion and clattering about the room you would have thought Saint Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring...1820, Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    Synonyms:
    take pride

Noun (2)

pride (uncountable)

  1. The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
    Synonyms:
    prid, sandpiper, dignity, self-esteem

Noun (3) capitalized: Pride

Pride (plural Prides)

  1. A festival or other event, usually involving a march or parade and organized annually within a city, to celebrate the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and to promote their interests and rights.
    • The Penn. Council for Sexual Minorities and the Penn. Rural Gay Caucus have rescheduled their gay conference for April 7, 8 and 9. Pride '78 has been expanded following the snowstorm which postponed the conference in January. […] Groups, merchants, craftspeople and individuals interested in...1978 March 18, “News Notes: Rescheduled Pride ’78”, in Harry Seng, editor, Gay Community News, volume 5, number 35, Boston, Mass.: GCN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 3
    • We are encouraging students to participate in a provincial queer youth talent search. This is a yearlong campaign. The first show is on Oct. 16, and we are organizing a Pride Week Venue for our Finalists!1999 September 13, Bonte Minnema, “Letters: SAC [Students Administrative Council]’s stinginess surfaces”, in Andrew Loung, editor, The Varsity: The University of Toronto’s Student Newspaper, volume...
  2. A movement encouraging a positive approach to personal identity amongst LGBTQ people.

Proper noun capitalized: Pride

Pride (plural Prides)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

pride is also the alternative letter-case form of Pride.

pride meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

pride in Hindi

quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.
घमंड ghamaṇḍ, अहंकार ahaṅkār, अभिमान abhimān
sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one
गर्व garv, अहंकार ahaṅkār, अभिमान abhimān, घमंड ghamaṇḍ
proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct
अहंकार ahaṅkār, अभिमान abhimān
that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem
गर्व garv

pride in Tamil

பெருமை, பெருமிதம்

pride in Marathi

अभिमान

pride in Urdu

فخر
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pride in Bengali
নফসানিয়াত nôfsaniẏat
pride in Telugu
దర్పము darpamu
pride in Malayalam
അഭിമാനം abhimānaṁ
pride in Punjabi
ਮਾਣ
pride in Gujarati
ગર્વ, ગૌરવ
pride in Odia
ଗର୍ବ
pride in Nepali
गर्व
pride in Tagalog
karangalan
pride in Arabic
كِبْرِيَاء kibriyāʔ, فَخْر faḵr, زُمْرَة zumra
pride in Indonesian
angkuh, sombong
pride in Persian
غرور ġorur

Examples of pride in a sentence

  • He had pride of ownership in his department.
  • My children's accomplishments are my pride.
  • My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.1766, Oliver Goldsmith, chapter 3, in The Vicar of Wakefield:
  • 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.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify...
  • And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Zechariah 9:6:
  • While traveling in their station wagon, they saw a pride of lions feasting on a zebra.1953 July, Joe Austell Small, “Outdoor Notes”, in Norfolk and Western Magazine, volumes 30-31, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, page...

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Synonyms of pride

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Antonyms

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Forms of pride

Noun
pluralprides
pluralPrides
alternative form (obsolete)pryde
Verb
third-person singular presentprides
present participlepriding
past participleprided
pastprided
Proper noun
pluralPrides
alternative formPryde

Plural of pride: prides

Origin of pride

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.

From Middle English pryde, from Middle Low German lampride, from Medieval Latin lampreda.

From gay pride, Gay Pride.

Words formed from pride

Phrases with pride

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Words that rhyme with pride

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Questions about pride

What does pride mean?
Pride means a sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
What is pride in Hindi?
Pride in Hindi is घमंड (ghamaṇḍ), अहंकार (ahaṅkār), अभिमान (abhimān). See Pride meaning in Hindi.
How do you use pride in a sentence?
He had pride of ownership in his department.
What part of speech is pride?
Pride can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pride?
Pride is pronounced /pɹaɪd/.
What is the plural of pride?
The plural of pride is prides.

Words near pride in the dictionary

  1. pricy
  2. Priday
  3. Priddle
  4. Priddy
  5. Priddys
  6. pride
  7. pride and joy
  8. pride comes before a fall
  9. pride comes before the fall
  10. pride cometh before a fall
  11. Pride Day

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pride (page history and authors); Pride (page history and authors); pride (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pride (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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