PRIDE


Meaning of PRIDE in English

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.

He swelled with ~ as he held the trophy.

▪ express

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

I wear my policeman's uniform with ~.

‘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

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

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

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

She swallowed her ~ and called him.

PREPOSITION

▪ out of ~

She refused their help out of ~.

▪ through ~

It would be stupid to refuse through ~.

PHRASES

▪ a matter of ~

It is a matter of ~ for him that he has never accepted money from his family.

▪ a sense of ~

They have a strong sense of ~ in their work.

▪ with your ~ intact

She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his ~ intact.

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