amour propre

Self-worth. If you're too critical of Sophie, I worry that you'll damage her amour propre.

(formal)

the good feelings and respect you have for yourself The critics' negative reaction to his first novel wounded his amour propre.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ascelin	-	Ancient Germanic
Spyridon	-	Greek, Late Greek
Nilam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
DÉSirÉ	de-zee-RE	French
Ermete	-	Italian
NadeŽDa	-	Slovak, Serbian, Latvian