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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.
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
- 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, childern, etc.
- Show; Ostentation; Glory.
- Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
- To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; - used reflexively.
- The most serious of the seven deadly sins.
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