pride

Definition

  • noun: a feeling that you respect yourself and deserve to be respected by other people
  • noun: the quality or state of being proud
  • verb: to indulge (as oneself) in pride
  • synonyms: self-respect, haughtiness, self-exaltation

Examples

  • The sight of her son holding the trophy filled her with 'pride'. [=made her very proud]

  • When his daughter's name was announced as the winner, he 'puffed up with pride'.

  • She spoke with 'pride' [=she spoke proudly] about her son's achievements.

Movie quotes

  • (..) To the wars, my boy, to the wars! Or at least the whisper goes so Our last king was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway... ...thereto pricked on by a most ambitious pride, dared to the combat In which our valiant Hamlet did slay this Fortinbras Who, by a sealed compact, (..)
    2015 Hamlet