What are the opposite words for pride?
Antonyms for the word "pride" are words that have an opposite meaning. These words include humility, modesty, meekness, humbleness, shame, disgrace, and humiliation. While pride is defined as a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's achievements, possessions or those of whom one is closely associated, humility is the quality of being modest and respectful. Modesty is characterized by a lack of arrogance or pretentiousness. Humbleness is a feeling of insignificance or an attitude of deference. Shame and disgrace are feelings of embarrassment or indignity, while humiliation is a state of being made to feel ashamed or embarrassed often in public. Knowing these opposite words to pride can enable one to communicate more effectively when discussing the various forms of human behavior.
- take pleasure in accomplishment
- resignation
- feeling
- unimportance
- modesty
-
guilt
- answerability,
- blameworthiness,
- criminality,
- self-reproach,
- sinfulness,
- Malefaction,
- answerabilities,
- blameworthinesses,
- criminalities,
- dis grace,
- dis graces,
- dis honor,
- dis honors,
- dis-grace,
- dis-graces,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- in discretion,
- in discretions,
- in-discretion,
- male faction,
- male factions,
- male-faction,
- male-factions,
- malefactions,
- mis behavior,
- mis behaviors,
- mis conduct,
- mis conducts,
- mis steps,
- mis-behavior,
- mis-conduct,
- mis-conducts,
- peccabilities,
- re morse,
- re morses,
- re-morse,
- re-morses,
- self condemnation,
- self condemnations,
- self reproach,
- self reproaches,
- self-condemnations,
- selfcondemnation,
- selfcondemnations,
- selfreproach,
- selfreproaches,
- sinfulnesses.
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humility
- docility,
- fawning,
- nonresistance,
- obsequiousness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- sheepishness,
- subjection,
- subservience,
- unobtrusiveness,
- Non-resistance,
- docilities,
- fawnings,
- lack of pride,
- lack pride,
- non resistance,
- non resistances,
- non-resistances,
- nonresistances,
- obsequiousnesses,
- self abasement,
- self abasements,
- self abnegation,
- self abnegations,
- self-abasements,
- self-abnegations,
- selfabasement,
- selfabasements,
- selfabnegation,
- selfabnegations,
- subjections,
- subserviences,
- un obtrusiveness,
- un obtrusivenesses,
- un pretentiousness,
- un pretentiousnesses,
- un-obtrusiveness,
- un-obtrusivenesses,
- un-pretentiousness,
- un-pretentiousnesses,
- unobtrusivenesses.
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shame
- self-disgust,
- self-reproof,
- shamefacedness,
- stigma,
- skeleton in the cupboard,
- Pudency,
- loss of face,
- bad conscience,
- bad consciences,
- dis composure,
- dis composures,
- dis-composure,
- dis-composures,
- loss face,
- pudencies,
- self disgust,
- self disgusts,
- self reproof,
- self reproofs,
- self-disgusts,
- self-reproaches,
- self-reproofs,
- selfdisgust,
- selfdisgusts,
- selfreproof,
- selfreproofs,
- shamefacednesses,
- skeleton cupboard,
- skeleton in cupboard,
- skeleton the cupboard.
- constraint
-
diffidence
- self-consciousness,
- timorousness,
- unassertiveness,
- mousiness,
- in securities,
- in security,
- in-securities,
- in-security,
- mousinesses,
- self consciousness,
- self consciousnesses,
- selfconsciousness,
- selfconsciousnesses,
- sheepishnesses,
- timorousnesses,
- un-assertiveness,
- un-assertivenesses,
- unassertivenesses.
-
ignominiousness
- dis gracefulness,
- dis gracefulnesses,
- dis honorableness,
- dis honorablenesses,
- dis reputabilities,
- dis reputability,
- dis reputableness,
- dis reputablenesses,
- dis-gracefulness,
- dis-gracefulnesses,
- dis-honorableness,
- dis-honorablenesses,
- dis-reputabilities,
- dis-reputability,
- dis-reputableness,
- dis-reputablenesses.
- infamy
- opprobrium
- reproach
- self-effacement
-
self-esteem
- depression,
- disgrace,
- gloom,
- humility,
- melancholy,
- misery,
- modesty,
- pain,
- sadness,
- shyness,
- sorrow,
- timidity,
- trouble,
- unhappiness,
- woe.
- submission
- disgrace
- humbleness
- shyness
- stigma
- hesitancy; lack of confidence
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
- humbleness, modesty
- coyness
- arrogance, self-importance
- treasure; best
- endurance, passivity
- disgrace, embarrassment
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Other relevant words
- commons,
- millions,
- people,
- Plebs,
- plebeians,
- commoners,
- altruism,
- bashfulness,
- blemish,
- blot,
- defect,
- diffidence,
- discredit,
- disesteem,
- disrepute,
- eyesore,
- fright,
- herd,
- hoi polloi,
- horror,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- infamy,
- masses,
- mess,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- self-abasement,
- self-disgust,
- self-distrust,
- self-doubt,
- shame,
- shyness,
- slur,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- stain,
- stigma,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- unselfishness,
- unwashed,
- commoners.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
inherence inherency
- Antonyms:
- acquired, alien.
