pride
The happy and good feeling you have when you or someone close to you does something well.
A feeling of deep satisfaction and pleasure in one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions.
The bad feeling when someone thinks they are more important or better than others.
An exaggerated sense of one's own worth or abilities, often considered a fault.
A group of lions that live together.
A social group of lions that live and hunt together.
- Base: pride
- Plural: pride, prides
pride and joy
1Most valued possession or person
Someone or something that makes you very proud and happy.
- His vintage car is his pride and joy.
- Her children are her pride and joy.
swallow one's pride
1Accept humiliation or admit wrong
To do something even though it makes you feel embarrassed or less important.
- He swallowed his pride and asked for help.
- She had to swallow her pride to apologize.
take pride in
1Feel satisfaction about something
To feel good about something you or someone close to you did well.
- She takes pride in her cooking skills.
- They take pride in keeping the park clean.
burst with pride
1feel extremely proud
To feel very, very proud of someone or something.
- His parents burst with pride when he graduated.
- She was bursting with pride after finishing the marathon.
burst with pride
2Feel extremely pleased about success
To be very, very proud about what someone has done.
- His parents burst with pride when he graduated.
- She was bursting with pride after winning the race.