pride
骄傲,自豪,自豪感,尊严
Related Words
Definitions
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- : a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- : the state or feeling of being proud.
- : a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
- : pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
- : celebration of a specific minority group and affirmation of equal rights for members of that community: Black pride;Puerto Rican pride.See also Pride.
- : something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.
- : the best of a group, class, society, etc.: This bull is the pride of the herd.
- : the most flourishing state or period: in the pride of adulthood.
- : mettle in a horse.
- : Literary. splendor, magnificence, or pomp.
- : a group of lions.
- : sexual desire, especially in a female animal.
- : ornament or adornment.
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prid·ed, prid·ing.
- : to indulge or plume in a feeling of pride: She prides herself on her tennis.
Phrases
- pride and joy
- pride of place
- pride oneself on
- burst with (pride)
- swallow one's pride
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Therefore, cancellation of the Pride events due to the pandemic has created a difficult and unique challenge, while providing unconventional opportunities and new possibilities.
She took great pride in her Jewish heritage but broke with most traditional Jewish practices.
Police officers regularly argue — not always as a point of pride — that they’re held to a higher standard than the general public.
I have started one or two small new businesses, but this is my pride and joy and passion, because I know that doing this saves lives, babies’ lives, children’s lives.
She had more than 15 years’ experience in law enforcement and took pride in interviewing children who had been put in terrible situations, she said.
And when we had Pride, we put up signs and some people would take them down.
But such an approach works against the traditional pride in self-sufficiency espoused by many in the American middle class.
To many of us, that smacks of censorship, the highest offense to our pride in self-publicity.
The event saw well over 100,000 attendees last year making it one of the best-attended pride events in the country.
So I was happy to see that the European theory of terroir was in action, promoting with pride the qualities of a specific region.
Liszt gazed at "his Hans," as he calls him, with the fondest pride, and seemed perfectly happy over his arrival.
E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
Thou fell spirit of pride, prejudice, ignorance, and mauvaise honte!
Man's enthusiasm in praise of a fellow mortal, is soon damped by the original sin of his nature—rebellious pride!
And he replied shortly, and with a slight charming affectation of pride: "I did without."