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Meaning of ਹੰਕਾਰ in English

  • The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
  • Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism.
  • The quality of being haughty; disdain; arrogance.
  • Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
  • Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea.
  • Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful.
  • The quality or state of being presumptuous.
  • A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.
  • The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.
  • A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.
  • Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.
  • That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.
  • Show; ostentation; glory.
  • Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.
  • Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.
  • To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.
  • To be proud; to glory.
  • Stiff and sharp; prickly.

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