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  • 21pride — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of self worth Nouns 1. pride, hauteur; dignity, self respect, self esteem, self sufficiency, reserve. 2. (sympton of pride) arrogance, insolence; ostentation; vanity, vainglory, crest, airs, high… …

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  • 22joy — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ joys 1) N UNCOUNT Joy is a feeling of great happiness. Salter shouted with joy. ...tears of joy. 2) N COUNT: with supp A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure. One can never learn all… …

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  • 23pride — pride1 [ praıd ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you, or someone connected with you, have achieved something special: You could see the pride in their faces when they talked about their daughter s… …

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  • 24pride — I UK [praɪd] / US noun Word forms pride : singular pride plural prides ** 1) [uncountable] a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get when you, or someone connected with you, have achieved something special You could see the pride in… …

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  • 25joy — joy1 W3 [dʒɔı] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: joie, from Latin gaudia] 1.) [U] great happiness and pleasure ▪ the look of joy on her face with/for joy ▪ I leaped into the air with joy. ▪ She wept for joy. ▪ …

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  • 26pride*/ — [praɪd] noun I 1) [U] a feeling of pleasure at your own achievements or those of someone you love They take a lot of pride in their daughter s career.[/ex] 2) [U] a feeling of respect for yourself Syn: dignity Their win has restored national… …

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  • 27pride — Synonyms and related words: Olympian detachment, Olympian loftiness, acedia, anger, army, arrogance, arrogantness, assumption of superiority, assurance, assuredness, avarice, avaritia, be proud of, belief, best, bighead, boast, boastfulness, brag …

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  • 28pride — n. & v. n. 1 a a feeling of elation or satisfaction at achievements or qualities or possessions etc. that do one credit. b an object of this feeling. 2 a high or overbearing opinion of one s worth or importance. 3 (in full proper pride) a proper… …

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  • 29joy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rejoicing; pleasure, happiness, delight, mirth, gaiety, fun (inf.); joie de vivre. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A very glad feeling] Syn. happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1 , 2 ,… …

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  • 30pride — noun 1》 a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from achievements, qualities, or possessions that do one credit.     ↘something which causes this. 2》 consciousness of one s own dignity.     ↘the quality of having an excessively high… …

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