pride
/pɹaɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. His family watched with pride from the bleachers."
- "He takes great pride in his work."
- "He had pride of ownership in his department."
- "My chief attention therefore was now to bring down the pride of my family to their circumstances; for I well knew that aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself."
- "A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."
- "Pride goeth before the fall."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹaɪd/
- British English: /pɹaɪd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.