# pride

Pronunciation: say "PRYD" /pɹaɪd/

## Noun

1. Justified self-respect, and the satisfaction one feels in oneself or in such things as one's work or family.
   - Simple: A healthy sense of your own worth, and being pleased with yourself, your work, or your family.
   - _The workers take real pride in building furniture that lasts for generations._
   - _Her parents watched with pride as she crossed the stage at graduation._
3. An excessively high opinion of one's own importance, talent, or superiority, or the haughty, disdainful attitude and behavior toward others that shows it.
   - Simple: Feeling that you are better or more important than other people, or acting in a way that shows this.
   - _Blinded by pride, the champion was sure no challenger could ever beat him._
   - _Years of praise had swollen his pride until he thought himself the most gifted painter of his generation._
5. A person or thing one is proud of, a source of self-esteem or self-congratulation whether reasonable or arrogant.
   - Simple: A person or thing that makes you feel proud.
   - _The restored steam engine is the pride of the railway museum._
   - _That old pickup truck was my grandfather's pride, and he washed it every Sunday._
7. A group of lions or other large members of the cat family.
   - Simple: A group of lions or other big cats.
   - _The pride brought down a zebra near the river at dusk._
   - _Rangers have counted three prides in this part of the reserve._
8. The highest rank or level; figuratively, the height reached, or loftiness and glory.
   - Simple: The highest rank or position, or a state of greatness and glory.
   - _The championship trophy was given pride of place in the club's lobby._
   - _On the restaurant's new menu, locally caught fish takes pride of place._
10. Outward show or ostentatious display; glory. *(literary)*
   - Simple: A grand show or display, or the glory that comes with it.
   - _The duke's household traveled in pride and splendor, with gilded coaches and liveried servants._
   - _The coronation unfolded with all the pride and pomp the old kingdom could muster._

## Verb

2. To take pride in something or be proud of it, used with a reflexive pronoun and on or upon.
   - Simple: To feel proud of something, used with myself, yourself, herself, and so on.
   - _We pride ourselves on answering every customer email within a day._
   - _The old carpenter prided himself on joints so tight they needed no glue._

## Noun · Pride

4. An annual city festival or event, usually with a march or parade, celebrating the experiences and identities of LGBTQ people and promoting their interests and rights.
   - Simple: A yearly festival or event in a city, usually with a parade, that celebrates LGBTQ people and supports their rights.
   - _Thousands of people marched through the city center during this year's Pride._
   - _Local businesses hung rainbow flags in their windows the week before Pride._
6. A movement encouraging LGBTQ people to take a positive view of their own personal identity.
   - Simple: A movement that helps LGBTQ people feel good about who they are.
   - _For many LGBTQ teenagers, Pride offers a way to see their identity as something to celebrate rather than hide._
   - _Decades of Pride activism have changed how many schools treat LGBTQ students._

## Noun

9. Consciousness of one's own power; high animal spirits, mettle, or wantonness. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: A feeling of your own strength, or lively, wild energy and spirit.
11. Lust or sexual desire, or the state of being in heat, especially in a female animal. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Strong sexual desire, especially in a female animal that is ready to mate.

## Other meanings

- (noun) The larva of a European lamprey, a blind, mud-dwelling young form once taken for a separate species and named Petromyzon branchialis.

## Origin

Old English prūd ("proud") gave the derivative prȳde or prȳte ("pride"), which became Middle English pryde or pride. Old Norse prýði ("bravery, pomp") is a comparable word. The verb has been formed from the noun since the 12th century at least.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pride (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).