Definition of self-pity in English:
self-pity
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noun
Excessive, self-absorbed unhappiness over one's own troubles.
‘he seems to be wallowing in self-pity’- ‘I'm feeling deeply ashamed for having given way to despair and self-pity’
- ‘There wasn't time for sentiment or wallowing in self-pity.’
- ‘I think that I avoided self-pity and sentimentality about it because I didn't feel that way about it.’
- ‘I didn't want to wallow in self-pity or martyr myself on stage.’
- ‘However, rather than wallow in self-pity the reality TV star accepted her illness as a way of her life balancing itself out.’
- ‘If the TV moguls are right and we only want to watch miserable people wallowing in self-pity, then why not simply watch the news?’
- ‘British rock has always been superb for a good wallow in self-pity, but constant whining eventually loses its charm.’
- ‘My daughter suggested that I was wallowing in self-pity and should just get out more.’
- ‘Luckily, several of the speakers save the saga from wallowing in self-pity.’
- ‘He's just your average alcoholic who wallows in self-pity and drinks every spare penny I can earn.’
- ‘As these sad thoughts linger, I realise I've started to sink in a deep hole of self-pity and depression.’
- ‘She wallowed in self-pity for what seemed like hours, but after a while that sadness turned to anger.’
- ‘I even tried to cry thinking that a nice wallow in self-pity would do me good.’
- ‘Marie lay in her bed well into the afternoon, wallowing in anger and self-pity.’
- ‘McCarthy need not have worried, because this film is devoid of self-pity or false sentimentality.’
- ‘Chris is still wallowing in self-pity and does not even seem to notice anything.’
- ‘Still, we mustn't let ourselves wallow in self-pity, that's never been the right way to handle a broken love affair.’
- ‘I spent the day under a cloud of self-pity and maudlin nostalgia.’
- ‘He placed a hand on his shoulder, as the younger man bent his head in sadness, and self-pity.’
- ‘He has reached a level of self-pity that constitutes clinical depression.’
- ‘Whatever it is, the very fact that you are facing the problem is a more positive step than to simply wallow in self-pity.’
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