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  • 21pride — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of self worth Nouns 1. pride, hauteur; dignity, self respect, self esteem, self sufficiency, reserve. 2. (sympton of pride) arrogance, insolence; ostentation; vanity, vainglory, crest, airs, high… …

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  • 22pride — [[t]praɪd[/t]] n. v. prid•ed, prid•ing 1) the state or quality of being proud; self respect 2) a feeling of gratification arising from association with something good or laudable: civic pride[/ex] 3) a high or inordinate opinion of one s own… …

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  • 23pride — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, acedia, anger, army, arrogance, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, assurance, assuredness, avarice, avaritia, be proud of, belief, best, bighead, boast, boastfulness, brag …

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  • 24pride — n. & v. n. 1 a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that do one credit. b an object of this feeling. 2 a high or overbearing opinion of one s worth or importance. 3 (in full proper pride) a proper… …

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  • 25pride oneself on — BE PROUD OF, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, pat oneself on the back for; archaic pique oneself on/in. → pride …

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  • 26pride oneself on — Lucas prides himself on his knowledge of wine Syn: be proud of, be proud of oneself for, take pride in, take satisfaction in, congratulate oneself on, pat oneself on the back for …

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  • 27pride — n 1. arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, hoity toity, Inf. uppitiness, Inf. toploftiness; hubris, overconfidence, cocksureness, presumption, bumptiousness, overbearingness, overweeningness. 2. conceit, vanity, vainglory, vaingloriousness, bo varism …

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  • 28pride oneself — verb feel proud of She took great pride in her sons • Syn: ↑take pride • Hypernyms: ↑feel, ↑experience • Verb Frames: Somebody s PP …

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  • 29pride oneself on — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take pride in, flatter oneself, be proud of; see boast 1 …

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  • 30pride one's self on — Boast, take pride in, rate highly, glory in, pique one s self on, plume one s self on …

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