noun
1 feeling of being proud of sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ fierce , great
▪ justifiable
▪
She took justifiable ~ in her son's achievements.
▪ fatherly
▪
He smiled with fatherly ~.
VERB + PRIDE
▪ feel , have , swell with
▪
They have a fierce ~ in their traditions.
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He swelled with ~ as he held the trophy.
▪ express
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
I wear my policeman's uniform with ~.
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‘My daughter's a writer,’ he added with ~.
▪ ~ in
▪
She expressed ~ in her child's achievement.
PHRASES
▪ a cause for ~ , a matter for ~
▪
Their reputation for fairness is a matter for ~.
▪ a source of ~
▪ take (a) ~ in sth
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She takes great ~ in her work.
2 self-respect
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ family , masculine , personal , professional
▪
His masculine ~ would not let him admit that a girl had defeated him.
▪ civic , local , national , patriotic
▪
Businesses rushed to include images of patriotic ~ in their marketing.
▪ ethnic ( esp. AmE ), gay , racial
▪
the politics of racial ~ and Black Power
▪ dented ( BrE ), hurt , injured , wounded
▪
He was nursing his hurt ~.
▪ foolish , stubborn
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It was foolish ~ that prevented me from believing her.
VERB + PRIDE
▪ have
▪
I don't want your money—I have my ~, you know!
▪ hurt , wound
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I didn't mean to hurt your ~.
▪ restore , salvage
▪
We want to restore ~ in our public services.
▪
They managed to salvage some ~ with a late goal.
▪ sacrifice ( esp. AmE ), swallow
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She swallowed her ~ and called him.
PREPOSITION
▪ out of ~
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She refused their help out of ~.
▪ through ~
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It would be stupid to refuse through ~.
PHRASES
▪ a matter of ~
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It is a matter of ~ for him that he has never accepted money from his family.
▪ a sense of ~
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They have a strong sense of ~ in their work.
▪ with your ~ intact
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She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his ~ intact.