Word Meaning

Meaning of "prides" and the crossword clue

- ... goes before a fall
- A deadly sin
- A group of lions
- Arrogance
- Biblical deadly sin
- Company of lions
- Conceit
- Deadly sin
- Deadly sin committed by lions?
- Group of lions
- Haughtiness
- Lion family
- Party leader to travel with dignity
- Self respect
- Self-respect
- Companies of lions
- Lion families
- A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, children, 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.
- To be proud; to glory.