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Pride   /praɪd/   Listen
Pride

noun
1.
A feeling of self-respect and personal worth.  Synonym: pridefulness.
2.
Satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements.
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).  Synonym: superbia.
verb
(past & past part. prided; pres. part. priding)
1.
Be proud of.  Synonyms: congratulate, plume.



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"Pride" Quotes from Famous Books



... then," he went on. "If any day you should find you have set too high a price upon your roses, then take the one I asked for, and wear it yourself. It could not hurt your pride, I think. It would only show that you counted me ...
— The Song Of The Blood-Red Flower • Johannes Linnankoski
... store, selling merchandise of every description. Dutch uncle though he was to me, I must give him thanks for the careful business training he bestowed on me. I say with pride that I proved to be his most apt and willing pupil. He taught me how the natives, by nature simple-minded and unsophisticated, had lost all confidence in their fellow-men in general and merchants in particular through the, to say the least, very dubious and suspicious dealings ...
— Tales of Aztlan • George Hartmann
... of family pride, love, ambition in her chosen profession, Katy made ready to see that on the morrow the son of Frederick Whiting should be properly nourished on ...
— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter
... advantageous to both. It will be ready at all times to hear and discuss any claims Mexico may think she has on the justice of the United States and to adjust any that may be deemed to be so on the most liberal terms. There is no desire on the part of the Executive to wound her pride or affect injuriously her interest, but at the same time it can not compromit by any delay in its action the essential interests of the United States. Mexico has no right to ask or expect this of us; we deal rightfully with Texas as an independent power. The war which has been waged for eight ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Tyler - Section 2 (of 3) of Volume 4: John Tyler • Compiled by James D. Richardson
... plunging, tumbling over the stairs. Wrenching open the front door he stumbled down the steps to the road. He was hatless, collarless, and his feet were shod in slippers. As he reached the gate he looked at himself as if accustomed to take pride in his personal appearance, drew a handkerchief from his pocket and wound it negligently about his neck. Then, gazing about to get his bearings, he aimed for the road. Just as he crossed the car tracks, heading for the saloon with the big sign, Mrs. ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick


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