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Pride Oneself

Definition: Pride Oneself

Pride Oneself

Verb

1. Feel pride of; "She took great pride in her sons".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Synonym: Pride Oneself

Synonym: take pride (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Pride Oneself

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Pride

Pride oneself on; glory in, take a pride in; pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself; stand upon, be proud of; put a good face on; not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin; not think small beer of oneself; (vanity).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Expressions: Pride Oneself

Expressions using "pride oneself": pride oneself on pride oneself on smth. pride oneself upon. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pride Oneself

Language Translations for "pride oneself"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

krenohem (glory, pique oneself on, pride, take a pride in). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تفاخر ب (pride oneself on). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

гордея се (boast, glory, preen). (various references)

   

Czech

  

chlubit se (boast, flaunt, plume, show off, vaunt). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ylvästellä (boast). (various references)

   

French

  

s'enorgueillir (pride oneself on smth.), se targuer de (pride oneself on smth.), se gonfler (pride oneself on), être fier (pride oneself on smth.). (various references)

   

German

  

sich rühmen (boast, brag, vaunt). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καυχιέμαι (boast, boast about / of, boost, brag, take the credit, talk big), περηφανεύομαι, υπερηφανεύομαι. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"ת'אות ב- (plume, pride oneself on, take a pride in). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

dicsekszik (boast, to boast, to bounce, to shout the odds, to vaunt). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy ve mooaralagh ass (to pride oneself upon), dy ghoaill moyrn ass (to pride oneself upon). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

idepray oneselfay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

гордиться (be proud of, glory, pique oneself on smth., pride, take a pride in). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ponositi se (take a pride in). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

enorgullecerse (pride oneself upon, swell with pride). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vara stolt över. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

iftihar etmek (be proud of, boast, exult, pique oneself on smth., swell, take a pride in, take pride in), gurur duymak (be elated, be proud of, glory, pride oneself on, swell, take a pride in, take pride in), övünmek (be proud, be proud of, boast, brag, crow, exult, gas, glory, pique oneself on smth., plume oneself on, plume oneself upon, praise oneself, pride oneself on, sing one's own praises, sport, talk big, vapor, vapour, vaunt), övünç duymak (boast). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

ymfalchi%o. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pride Oneself

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

gloriabatur, gloriaberis, gloriabimur, gloriabitur, gloriabor, gloriabuntur, gloriamini, gloriamur, gloriandi, gloriandum, gloriantes, gloriantur, gloriari, gloriaris, gloriata, gloriati, gloriatur, gloriatus, gloriemur, glorieris, glorietur, glorior. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Pride Oneself

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-i-l-n-o-p-r-s"

-2 letters: predefines.

-3 letters: deerflies, despoiler, enfolders, felonries, infolders, pedleries, pelerines, pioneered, predefine, redefines, spleenier.

-4 letters: defilers, definers, deplores, eloiners, endorsee, enfolder, enserfed, felonies, fielders, flinders, fondlers, foreseen, foreside, indorsee, infolder, isoprene, leporids, leporine, lesioned, needlers, nereides, olefines, pelerine, pilfered, pilsener, pinfolds, pioneers, prefiled, prefiles, prisoned, profiled, profiles, prolines, redefies, redefine, redenies, redlines, reopened, selenide.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-f-i-l-n-o-p-r-s"
 

+5 letters: splendiferousness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Translations: Ancient
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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