Pride
noun
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- (Dignity self respect; conceit; a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction; thing or person giving others pleasure of satisfaction) empty pride ដំណើរឡឺតៗរឺក្រអឺត (មោទនភាព)
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) មោទនភាពដ៏ខ្ពស់, ស្ថានការណ៍ប្រសើរបំផុត
verb — past tense: prided ; past participle: prided ; present participle: priding ;
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- មានអំនួត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
- 5.
- 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.
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- Show; ostentation; glory.
- 7.
- Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
- 8.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
verb — past tense: prided ; past participle: prided ; present participle: priding ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To be proud; to glory.
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- arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, self-esteem, self-respect, superciliousness, vainglory, vanity
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- humility, lowliness, meekness, modesty, shame