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pride
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- pronunciation:
- praId
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When you feel pride, you feel happy about something you did, something you have, or about the kind of person you are.
Sam felt a lot of pride when he hit a home run for his baseball team in the last game. He had been practicing very hard to make his hitting better.
- synonyms:
- satisfaction
- antonyms:
- shame
- similar words:
- comfort, delight, enjoyment, happiness, joy, pleasure
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| definition 2: |
Your pride is the feeling inside you that you are a good person and have value. If you don't have pride, you don't feel good about yourself.
Anna's grandparents were poor but they still had pride. They knew they were kind and intelligent people, and they knew that other people respected them too.- similar words:
- confidence, face, worth
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| definition 3: |
Pride is a feeling that you are better than others or too good to do certain things that you feel are below you. It is also a feeling that makes you afraid to show any weakness to others or even yourself.
Drew's pride wouldn't let him admit that he was wrong.Because of his pride, Mr. Jones would not accept any help from his neighbors.Molly had too much pride to be friends with Britney last year, but after Britney got popular over the summer, Marie changed her mind and started to be nice to her. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
prides, priding, prided |
| definition: |
If you pride yourself on something, you feel you do an especially good job in connection with that thing and you often want to show what you've done to others. It makes you feel good about yourself.
Janice prides herself on the neatness of her room, but her brother would rather keep his messy.Mrs. Thomas prides herself on her roses.The bus company prides itself on being on time.- similar words:
- congratulate
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| derivations: |
prideful (adj.), pridefully (adv.), pridefulness (n.) |
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