to hurt pride
- phrasal verb
- /hɜrt praɪd/
:
herir el orgullo
Examples
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So if you hurt their pride bro, it's long there.
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I won't ever hurt your pride.
Blog text (1) -
Telling him he was wrong in front of his colleagues really hurt his pride.
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She felt that the criticism would hurt his pride more than anything else.
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After his team lost the match, it hurt his pride to accept defeat gracefully.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
642
2.1
Make someone feel awkward or ashamed in front of others
414
6.1
Make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, often in front of others
62
4.5
To make someone lose respect or honor by doing something shameful
58
5.3
To make someone feel less proud or important
53
6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
52
2.5
Hurt someone's feelings by saying or doing something
48
5.3
To make someone or something lose respect by bad action
33
4.2
To hurt someone's feelings or pride
22
6.9
To make someone feel very embarrassed or ashamed
3
7.6
Make someone feel less proud by criticizing or embarrassing them
1
8.6
To make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for themselves
1
8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
To bring shame on a person or group
Antonyms
How Humiliated
- Offensive
414
6.1
22
6.9
524
2.8
- Offensive
12
6.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'hurt' (to cause pain or harm) with 'pride' (self-respect); a learner who knows both words can readily infer it means to wound someone's self-esteem or dignity. This follows a common English causative pattern (hurt + noun) and has clear parallels in many languages, so it is transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase hurt pride comes from the image of a person standing tall with pride; to hurt that pride is like knocking them down so they feel 'embarrassed' or lose 'self-respect'.