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verb
- To take pride in.
- (reflexive) To pride (oneself) on something.
- To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
- To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
noun
- (sewing) Alternative form of piqué (“a kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk”).
- (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
- (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
- (card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
- midgie, sand fly, punkie, punky (US)
- a sudden outburst of anger
- tightly woven fabric with raised cords
noun
verb
- To walk with a swaying motion.
- To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
- To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
adj
adj
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
- feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
- (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
- Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
- Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
- having or displaying great dignity or nobility
verb
noun
- Worship or praise.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- (meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
- Something glorious.
- (theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
- Victory; success.
- An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- Great beauty and splendor.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a state of high honor
- brilliant radiant beauty
verb
verb
- be proud of
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- form a plume
- deck with a plume
- clean with one's bill
- (transitive, reflexive) Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
- (transitive, also figurative) To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
- (intransitive) Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
- (transitive, reflexive, by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen.
noun
- anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
- More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
- (geology) Ellipsis of mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).
- (botany) A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- An upward spray of mist or water.
- (figurative) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
- The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
- Ellipsis of plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
- (astronomy) An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
- The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
- Things resembling a feather.
verb
noun
- Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
- satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
- the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
- a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- a group of lions
- unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
- Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
- Show; ostentation; glory.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
- An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
- A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
verb
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
adj
noun
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
noun
- feelings of excessive pride
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
noun
- feelings of excessive pride
- the quality of being valueless or futile
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
- A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
- A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
- Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.
- That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
noun
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
- your consciousness of your own identity
- (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
- The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
- (anthropology, genealogy) The individual from whose point of view a family tree or pedigree chart is drawn, or the reference point from whom kinship terminology is relative. (Used without the definite article the.)
- A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves.
noun
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
- A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
- (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
verb
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- clean with one's bill
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
noun
noun
- A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
- A mooring hawser.
- A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
- A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
- (figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
- (equestrianism) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
- headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
verb
- (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.
- (intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.
- (transitive) To put a bridle on.
- (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
- respond to the reins, as of horses
- put a bridle on
- anger or take offense
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
verb
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
- Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
- Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoistical (advocating egoism).
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- unproductive of success
- Showy; ostentatious.
- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
noun
- a feeling of joy and pride
- an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
- An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
- A feeling of joy and pride.
- (geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).
noun
- a feeling of joy and pride
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
- having a light color
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
- The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- Freedom from worry.
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- Agility of movement.
adj
- Extremely proud or arrogant.
- (slang) Of a person: having large, well-developed muscles; muscular.
- (usually followed by up) Upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, dialectal) Swollen, enlarged.
- Full (of something); bursting with.
- (slang) Of a person: erect; having an erection of the penis; sexually aroused, hard.
- Extremely muscled
verb
verb
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adv
noun
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adj
noun
verb
- To walk with a swaying motion.
- To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.
- To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
- to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
adj
noun
- feelings of excessive pride
- a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
- an artistic device or effect
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Design; pattern.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
noun
- feelings of excessive pride
- the quality of being valueless or futile
- the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
- low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
- A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
- A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
- Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.
- That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
noun
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
- your consciousness of your own identity
- (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
- The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
- (anthropology, genealogy) The individual from whose point of view a family tree or pedigree chart is drawn, or the reference point from whom kinship terminology is relative. (Used without the definite article the.)
- A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves.
noun
- an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
- an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoism (belief that behavior should be directed towards one's self-interest).
- A tendency to talk excessively about oneself.
- A belief that one is superior to or more important than others.
- (countable) The result or product of being egoistic.
noun
- A gesture expressing pride or vanity.
- A mooring hawser.
- A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
- A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line.
- (figurative) A restraint; a curb; a check.
- (equestrianism) The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
- headgear for a horse; includes a headstall and bit and reins to give the rider or driver control
- the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
verb
- (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.
- (intransitive) To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly.
- (transitive) To put a bridle on.
- (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
- respond to the reins, as of horses
- put a bridle on
- anger or take offense
noun
- a feeling of joy and pride
- an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
- An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.
- A feeling of joy and pride.
- (geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).
noun
- a feeling of joy and pride
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
- having a light color
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
- The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- Freedom from worry.
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- Agility of movement.
verb
noun
- Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
- satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
- the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
- a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- a group of lions
- unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
- Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
- Show; ostentation; glory.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
- An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
- A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
verb
- To take pride in.
- (reflexive) To pride (oneself) on something.
- To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- To excite to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest.
- To excite (someone) to action, especially by causing jealousy, resentment, etc.; also, to stimulate (an emotion or feeling, especially curiosity or interest).
- cause to feel resentment or indignation
noun
- (sewing) Alternative form of piqué (“a kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk”).
- (uncountable) Irritation or resentment awakened by a social injury or slight; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little consideration or thought; (countable) especially in fit of pique: a transient feeling of wounded pride.
- (uncountable) Enmity, ill feeling; (countable) a feeling of animosity or a dispute.
- (card games) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
- midgie, sand fly, punkie, punky (US)
- a sudden outburst of anger
- tightly woven fabric with raised cords
verb
noun
- Worship or praise.
- That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
- (meteorology, optics) An optical phenomenon, consisting of concentric rings and somewhat similar to a rainbow, caused by sunlight or moonlight interacting with the water droplets that compose mist or clouds, centered on the antisolar or antilunar point.
- Something glorious.
- (theology) The manifestation of the presence of God as perceived by humans in Abrahamic religions.
- Victory; success.
- An emanation of light supposed to shine from beings that are specially holy. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
- Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
- Great beauty and splendor.
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- a state of high honor
- brilliant radiant beauty
verb
verb
- be proud of
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- form a plume
- deck with a plume
- clean with one's bill
- (transitive, reflexive) Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
- (transitive, also figurative) To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
- (intransitive) Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
- (transitive, reflexive, by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen.
noun
- anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
- More fully gill plume: a feathery gill of some crustaceans and molluscs.
- (geology) Ellipsis of mantle plume (“an upwelling of abnormally hot molten material from the Earth's mantle which spreads sideways when it reaches the lithosphere”).
- (botany) A large and flexible panicle of an inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
- An upward spray of mist or water.
- (figurative) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
- The furry tail of certain dog breeds (such as the Samoyed) that curls over their backs or stands erect.
- Ellipsis of plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
- (astronomy) An arc of glowing material (chiefly gases) erupting from the surface of a star.
- The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
- A cloud formed by a dispersed substance fanning out or spreading.
- Things resembling a feather.
verb
noun
- Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example
- satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements
- the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards
- a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- a group of lions
- unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.
- Highest level or rank; (figurative) elevation reached; loftiness or glory.
- Show; ostentation; glory.
- Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness.
- (zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.
- An unreasonable overestimation of one's own superiority in terms of talents, or looks, wealth, importance, etc., which comes across as being haughty, lofty, and often showing contempt of others; exaggerated self-worth.
- Alternative letter-case form of Pride (“festival for LGBT people”).
- (zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.
- A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).
verb
- make proud or conceited
- speak in a blustering or scornful manner
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
- suck in or take (air)
- to swell or cause to enlarge
- smoke and exhale strongly
- praise extravagantly
- blow hard and loudly
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
- To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- (intransitive) To pant.
adj
noun
- a short light gust of air
- exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
- bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- thick cushion used as a seat
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- a light inflated pastry or puff shell
- (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
- A puffball.
- (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
- (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
- (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
- (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
- (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
- A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
- (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
- (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
- A powder puff.
- (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
verb
- pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
- dress or groom with elaborate care
- clean with one's bill
- (transitive) To flatter.
- (transitive) To trim up, as trees.
- (of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
- (intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
- (of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
- (transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
noun
verb
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- (transitive) To cause to grow gradually in force or loudness.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
- (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- come up, as of a liquid
- expand abnormally
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- cause to become swollen
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
adv
noun
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- The act of swelling; increase in size.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- A bulge or protuberance.
- The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
- (geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
- A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
- (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
adj
adj
- Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
- That makes one feel proud (of something one did)
- feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
- Standing out or raised; swollen.
- (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
- Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
- (chiefly biblical) Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious, prideful.
- Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
- having or displaying great dignity or nobility
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
- (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
verb
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
- Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
- Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoistical (advocating egoism).
adj
- characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
- unproductive of success
- Showy; ostentatious.
- Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
- Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
adj
- Extremely proud or arrogant.
- (slang) Of a person: having large, well-developed muscles; muscular.
- (usually followed by up) Upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
- (chiefly African-American Vernacular, dialectal) Swollen, enlarged.
- Full (of something); bursting with.
- (slang) Of a person: erect; having an erection of the penis; sexually aroused, hard.
- Extremely muscled