self-pity
noun
: pity for oneself
especially
: a self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes
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This one stinks to high heaven for sneaking anger, self-pity, and jealousy under the guise of being a pseudo-compliment.
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John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
For those with or without addictions, acceptance also means letting go of past self-defeating behaviors, resentments, self-pity, and regrets.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
From there sprung Brian, played by Lou Taylor Pucci, an alien who looks like a new-age guru in a tracksuit, and, depending on the scene, can be naive, manipulative, aloof, romantic, cruel and even self-pitying.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Their football has been blighted by individual mistakes but also characterised by a rotten mood, a noxious fog of self-pity and entitlement which has descended around them, game after game.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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John Bowe, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025
For those with or without addictions, acceptance also means letting go of past self-defeating behaviors, resentments, self-pity, and regrets.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
From there sprung Brian, played by Lou Taylor Pucci, an alien who looks like a new-age guru in a tracksuit, and, depending on the scene, can be naive, manipulative, aloof, romantic, cruel and even self-pitying.
—William Earl, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Their football has been blighted by individual mistakes but also characterised by a rotten mood, a noxious fog of self-pity and entitlement which has descended around them, game after game.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-pity. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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