meaning of pride
1. A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
2. The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of ones own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc. , which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
3. A sense of ones 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. Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
5. 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. Show; ostentation; glory.
7. Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of ones life.
8. Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp. , an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
9. To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
10. To be proud; to glory.
11. unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem personified as one of the deadly sins
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