·noun Show; ostentation; glory.
II. Pride ·vi To be proud; to Glory.
III. Pride ·noun A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis);
— called also prid, and sandpiper.
IV. Pride ·noun Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
V. Pride ·vt To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to Plume;
— used reflexively.
VI. Pride ·noun Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
VII. Pride ·noun Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; ·esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
VIII. Pride ·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.
IX. Pride ·noun 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.
X. Pride ·noun 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 in contempt of others.