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1. hubris
noun. ['ˈhjuːbrəs'] overbearing pride or presumption.
Synonyms
Etymology
- ὕβρις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
Rhymes with Hubris
- actress
- adenovirus
- ahasuerus
- ambassadress
- andrus
- arcturus
- arris
- barrus
- beatrice
- beatrice
- belarus
- brontosaurus
- brontosaurus
- burrus
- burruss
- buttress
- cedras'
- cerus
- chorus
- cirrus
How do you pronounce hubris?
Pronounce hubris as ˈhjubrəs.
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Sentences with hubris
1. Noun, singular or mass
His most obvious character trait is his hubris, god-defying pride that destroyed many a Greek protagonist.
2. Verb, past participle
For example, Ulysses had hubris.
3. Verb, base form
Don’t fall prey to hubris.
Quotes about hubris
1. Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.
- Moby
2. There were long stretches of DNA in between genes that didn't seem to be doing very much; some even referred to these as "junk DNA,"though a certain amount of hubris was required for anyone to call any part of the genome "junk,"given our level of ignorance.
- Francis S. Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
