2006-12-07 09:06:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
pride /praɪd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[prahyd] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, prid·ed, prid·ing.
–noun 1. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
2. the state or feeling of being proud.
3. a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or character; self-respect; self-esteem.
4. pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself: civic pride.
5. something that causes a person or persons to be proud: His art collection was the pride of the family.
6. the best of a group, class, society, etc.: This bull is the pride of the herd.
7. the most flourishing state or period: in the pride of adulthood.
8. mettle in a horse.
9. Literary. splendor, magnificence, or pomp.
10. a group of lions.
11. sexual desire, esp. in a female animal.
12. ornament or adornment.
–verb (used with object) 13. to indulge or plume (oneself) in a feeling of pride (usually fol. by on or upon): She prides herself on her tennis.
2006-12-07 10:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by Izzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of shame.
2006-12-07 09:31:49 · answer #2 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Group of lions
2006-12-07 09:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a line drawn in one's mind over which one will not cross.
2006-12-07 09:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
being proud
2006-12-07 09:30:15 · answer #5 · answered by Mysolitude 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A form of suicide.
2006-12-07 09:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋