noun show; ostentation; glory.
2. pride ·vi to be proud; to glory.
3. pride ·noun a small european lamprey (petromyzon branchialis);
called also prid, and sandpiper.
4. pride ·noun highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
5. pride ·vt to indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume;
used reflexively.
6. pride ·noun proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.