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| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take pleasure in accomplishment |
| Synonyms: | boast, brag, congratulate, crow, exult, felicitate, pique*, prance, preen, presume, strut, swagger, swell, vaunt, be proud, flatter oneself, gasconade, glory in, hold head high, overbear, plume, puff up, revel in |
| Antonyms: | humble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-esteem |
| Synonyms: | delight, dignity, ego, egoism, face, gratification, happiness, honor, joy, pleasure, satisfaction, self-confidence, self-love, self-respect, self-satisfaction, self-sufficiency, sufficiency, amour-propre, ego trip, egotism, pridefulness, repletion, self-admiration, self-glorification, self-regard, self-trust, self-worth |
| Antonyms: | humility |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
| Synonyms: | airs, assumption, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, egoism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, insolence, patronage, presumption, pretension, self-love, snobbery, swagger, swelled head*, vainglory, vanity, big-headedness, cockiness, disdainfulness, egotism, immodesty, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, pragmatism, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, smugness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | treasure; best |
| Synonyms: | boast, choice, cream, elite, fat, flower*, gem*, glory, jewel*, pick, prime, prize, top*, pride and joy |
| Antonyms: | disgrace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
dignity, self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti [Vergil]., pride; haughtiness; high notions, hauteur; vainglory, crest; arrogance (assumption) [more]., proud man, highflier; fine gentleman, fine lady.
-verbs
be proud; put a good face on; look one in the face; stalk abroad, perk oneself up; think no small beer of oneself; presume, swagger, strut; rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head; hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, "bear like the Turk no rival near the throne" [Pope], carry with a high hand; ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse; set one's back up, bridle, toss the head; give oneself airs (assume) [more]; boast [more]., pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself (vanity) [more].
-adjectives
dignified; stately; proud, proud-crested; lordly, baronial; lofty-minded; highsouled, high-minded, high-mettled, high-handed, high-plumed, high-flown, high-toned., haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride., supercilious, disdainful, bumptious, magisterial, imperious, high and mighty, overweening, consequential; arrogant [more]; unblushing [more]., stiff, stiff-necked; starch; perked stuck-up; in buckram, strait- laced; prim (affected) [more]., on one's dignity, on one's high horses,on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand seigneur.
-adverbs
with head erect.
-phrases
odi profanum vulgus et arceo [Horace].
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| Antonyms: | humility |
| Main Entry: | arrogance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggerated self-opinion |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, bluster, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, crust*, disdain, ego, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, insolence, nerve, ostentation, pomposity, presumption, pretension, pride, priggishness, self-importance, self-love, swagger, vanity, aloofness, braggadocio, conceitedness, contemptuousness, disdainfulness, egotism, high-handedness, imperiousness, loftiness, overbearance, pompousness, pretentiousness, scornfulness, smugness, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, servility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brag; source of pride |
| Synonyms: | avowal, bluster, bombast, bravado, exaggeration, joy, pretension, pride, self-satisfaction, treasure, vaunt, braggadocio, gasconade, grandiloquence, heroics, pride and joy, swank |
| Antonyms: | modesty, deprecation |
| Main Entry: | conceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | egotism |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, complacency, consequence, pomposity, pride, self-importance, self-love, swagger, swelled head*, vainglory, vanity, amour-propre, complacence, immodesty, narcissism, outrecuidance, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-exaltation, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stuffiness, vainness |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness, modesty, shyness, timidity, self-consciousness, unself-confidence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate; indifference |
| Synonyms: | antipathy, arrogance, aversion, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, dislike, disparagement, hatred, haughtiness, hauteur, insolence, pride, ridicule, scorn, sneering, despisal, despisement, loftiness, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
| Antonyms: | admiration, esteem, favor, like, love, praise, respect |
| Main Entry: | egoism/egotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-centeredness |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, assurance, boasting, conceit, haughtiness, insolence, ostentation, presumption, pride, self-confidence, self-importance, self-love, self-possession, selfishness, superiority, vainglory, vanity, boastfulness, bragging, conceitedness, egocentricity, egomania, gasconade, megalomania, narcissism, overconfidence, preoccupation with self, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-interest, self-regard, self-worship, swellheadedness, vaunting |
| Antonyms: | altruism, humility, selflessness |
| Main Entry: | elite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high-class persons |
| Synonyms: | aristocracy, beautiful people*, best, blue blood, celebrity, choice, cream, crowd, elect, establishment, fast lane*, fat*, flower, gentility, gentry, high society*, nobility, pride, prime, prize, quality, select, society, top, upper class, carriage trade, country club set, crème de la crème, glitterati, in-crowd, jet-set, main line, old money, optimacy, upper crust |
| Antonyms: | lower class, ordinary, commonality, low-life |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
| Synonyms: | affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
| Main Entry: | find |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discovery |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, asset, bargain, boast, bonanza, catch, gem, jewel, pride, treasure, good buy, one in a million, treasure trove |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | haughtiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | air of supremacy |
| Synonyms: | arrogance, conceit, contempt, disdain, hauteur, insolence, pomposity, pride, aloofness, contemptuousness, disdainfulness, loftiness, snobbishness, superbity, superciliousness |
| Antonyms: | humility, meekness |
| Main Entry: | hauteur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance |
| Synonyms: | airs, audacity, conceit, condescension, contempt, disdain, gall, haughtiness, nerve, pomposity, presumption, pride, self-importance, vanity, conceitedness, disdainfulness, egotism, high-handedness, pompousness, snobbishness |
| Main Entry: | joy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great happiness, pleasure |
| Synonyms: | amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor, gratification, hilarity, humor, indulgence, jewel, liveliness, luxury, merriment, mirth, pride, prize, rapture, refreshment, rejoicing, revelry, satisfaction, solace, sport, transport, treasure, treat, wonder, alleviation, delectation, exulting, jubilance, pride and joy, ravishment, regalement |
| Antonyms: | sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| Main Entry: | ornament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decoration |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adornment, art, bauble, design, doodad*, embellishment, embroidery, flower, frill, garnish, gimcrack*, honor, jewel, knickknack*, pride, treasure, trimming, trinket, beautification, frou frou, gewgaw, gingerbread |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a chosen option, usually the choicest |
| Synonyms: | aces, bag, best, choice, choosing, cream*, cup of tea*, decision, elect, elite, flower*, preference, pride, prime, prize, select, selection, top, crème de la crème, druthers, tops |
| Antonyms: | rejection |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content |
| Synonyms: | achievement, amends, amusement, atonement, bliss, cheerfulness, comfort, compensation, complacency, contentment, delight, ease, enjoyment, fulfillment, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, joy, justice, peace of mind, pleasure, pride, recompense, redress, refreshment, reimbursement, relief, reparation, resolution, reward, serenity, settlement, vindication, well-being, conciliation, contentedness, good fortune, indemnification, propitiation, repletion, satiety |
| Antonyms: | discontent, dissatisfaction, need, unhappiness, want |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | anger, covetousness, crime, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, error, evil, fault, guilt, imperfection, iniquity, lust, misdeed, offense, peccadillo, pride, shortcoming, sloth, transgression, trespass, vice, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, evil-doing, gluttony, immorality, peccability, peccancy, sinfulness, tort, ungodliness, unrighteousness, veniality, wrongness |
| Antonyms: | behavior, goodness, morality |
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