pride
[ prahyd ]
/ praɪd /
noun
verb (used with object), prid·ed, prid·ing.
to indulge or plume (oneself) in a feeling of pride (usually followed by on or upon): She prides herself on her tennis.
Idioms for pride
pride and joy,
someone or something cherished, valued, or enjoyed above all others: Their new grandchild is their pride and joy.
Origin of pride
before 1000; Middle English (noun); Old English
prȳde (cognate with Old Norse
prȳthi bravery, pomp), derivative of
prūd
proud
SYNONYMS FOR pride
1
Pride,
conceit,
self-esteem,
egotism,
vanity,
vainglory imply an unduly favorable idea of one's own appearance, advantages, achievements, etc., and often apply to offensive characteristics.
Pride is a lofty and often arrogant assumption of superiority in some respect:
Pride must have a fall.
Conceit implies an exaggerated estimate of one's own abilities or attainments, together with pride:
blinded by conceit.
Self-esteem may imply an estimate of oneself that is higher than that held by others:
a ridiculous self-esteem.
Egotism implies an excessive preoccupation with oneself or with one's own concerns, usually but not always accompanied by pride or conceit:
His egotism blinded him to others' difficulties.
Vanity implies self-admiration and an excessive desire to be admired by others:
His vanity was easily flattered.
Vainglory, somewhat literary, implies an inordinate and therefore empty or unjustified pride:
puffed up by vainglory.
5 boast.
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British Dictionary definitions for pride and joy (1 of 2)
Pride
/ (praɪd) /
noun
Thomas. died 1658, English soldier on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. He expelled members of the Long Parliament hostile to the army (Pride's Purge, 1648) and signed Charles I's death warrant
British Dictionary definitions for pride and joy (2 of 2)
pride
/ (praɪd) /
noun
verb
(tr; foll by on or upon)
to take pride in (oneself) for
(intr)
to glory or revel (in)
Derived forms of pride
prideful, adjective pridefully, adverbWord Origin for pride
Old English
prӯda; related to Latin
prodesse to be useful, Old Norse
prūthr stately; see
proud
Idioms and Phrases with pride and joy (1 of 2)
pride and joy
The object of one's great pleasure, as in Our new grandson is our pride and joy, or Dana's car is his pride and joy. This term was probably invented by Sir Walter Scott in his poem Rokeby (1813), where he described children as “a mother's pride, a father's joy.”
Idioms and Phrases with pride and joy (2 of 2)
pride