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Synonyms for amour-propre
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : a-moor-praw-pruh |
| Phonetic Transcription : a murˈprɔ prə |
Définition of amour-propre
Origin :- 1775, French, "sensitive self-love, self-esteem;" see amour and proper.
- Vanity usually gives the meaning as well, &, if as well, then better. [Fowler]
- The term was in Middle English as proper love "self-love."
- noun pride
- His amour-propre, his long fidelity, his deep affection—all were outraged.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Then came that fatal 'amour-propre' that involved me originally in the pursuit, and I was silent.
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- Now, bashfulness is almost always a sure sign of amour-propre.
- Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
- The wounds inflicted to his amour-propre by the Virginia Assembly were healing.
- Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Gilbert Chinard
- This wound to his amour-propre was compensated by the success of the last election.
- Extract from : « Thomas Jefferson » by Gilbert Chinard
- This wilfulness was attributed to his youth, and the impatience of his amour-propre.
- Extract from : « History of the Girondists, Volume I » by Alphonse de Lamartine
- "It's not so, not so at all," he cried, carried away and more and more mortified in his amour-propre.
- Extract from : « The Possessed » by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The infidelity of Clementine Pichon touched his amour-propre a little, but he soon consoled himself for it.
- Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
- I take very little account of quarrels where amour-propre alone is concerned, but I never forget real offenses.
- Extract from : « Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence Vol. 1 of 2 » by Elizabeth S. Kite
- We could not escape from it, lest we hurt the amour-propre of the cook, and it was late when we were ready for our last sortie.
- Extract from : « My Friend the Chauffeur » by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
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