pride
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
How often you will meet it
Rank 875 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,973 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a feeling of self-respect and personal worth also: pridefulness
- satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements he takes pride in his son's success
- the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
- a group of lions
- unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins) also: superbia
verb
- be proud of also: plume, congratulate He prides himself on making it into law school
pride in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It was a blow to us--to family pride.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Five twenty-five emphatic "Noes" Have squelched their schemes, and dashed their pride.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Above my actions, my thoughts, my hopes, higher than all, soars my pride.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She taught her the duty of obedience and the sin of pride and of passion.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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We bow as in the dust, with all our pride Of virtue dwarfed the noble deed beside.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1