Self-pity Definition

sĕlfpĭtē
noun
Pity for oneself, esp. pity that is self-indulgent or exaggerated.
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Origin of Self-pity

  • self- +"Ž pity

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Self-pity Sentence Examples

  • Top of Page Summary of these two needs The need for social approval has the emotional dynamic of jealousy (self-pity mode ).

  • Self-pity is no good.

  • She is unsentimental, unpretentious, never mawkish, never the slightest bit swamped with self-pity, nor ever less than clear.

  • I am determined not to wallow in self pity / I just wish I had my life back.

  • Self-pity (as a mode of guilt) leads to housework or business as the expressions of endless activity. [The workaholic person ].

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