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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory,
  • Lust; sexual desire; especially, excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain; hubris.
  • Show; ostentation; glory.
  • That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children etc.
  • The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve and often contempt of others.
  • zoology A company of lions.
  • zoology The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

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Verb:

  • reflexive To take or experience pride in something, be proud of it.

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