- pride
- noun1 feeling of being proud of sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ fierce, great▪ justifiable▪
She took justifiable pride in her son's achievements.
▪ fatherly▪He smiled with fatherly pride.
VERB + PRIDE▪ feel, have, swell with▪They have a fierce pride in their traditions.
▪He swelled with pride as he held the trophy.
▪ expressPREPOSITION▪ with pride▪I wear my policeman's uniform with pride.
▪‘My daughter's a writer,’ he added with pride.
▪ pride in▪She expressed pride in her child's achievement.
PHRASES▪ a cause for pride, a matter for pride▪Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride.
▪ a source of pride▪ take (a) pride in sth▪She takes great pride in her work.
2 self-respectADJECTIVE▪ great▪ family, masculine, personal, professional▪His masculine pride would not let him admit that a girl had defeated him.
▪ civic, local, national, patriotic▪Businesses rushed to include images of patriotic pride in their marketing.
▪ ethnic (esp. AmE), gay, racial▪the politics of racial pride and Black Power
▪ dented (BrE), hurt, injured, wounded▪He was nursing his hurt pride.
▪ foolish, stubborn▪It was foolish pride that prevented me from believing her.
VERB + PRIDE▪ have▪I don't want your money—I have my pride, you know!
▪ hurt, wound▪I didn't mean to hurt your pride.
▪ restore, salvage▪We want to restore pride in our public services.
▪They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal.
▪ sacrifice (esp. AmE), swallow▪She swallowed her pride and called him.
PREPOSITION▪ out of pride▪She refused their help out of pride.
▪ through pride▪It would be stupid to refuse through pride.
PHRASES▪ a matter of pride▪It is a matter of pride for him that he has never accepted money from his family.
▪ a sense of pride▪They have a strong sense of pride in their work.
▪ with your pride intact▪She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
