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Definition: Pride Oneself |
Pride OneselfVerb1. 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 OneselfSynonym: take pride (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
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. |
| 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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 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. | ||
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. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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