self-pity
noun
: pity for oneself
especially
: a self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes
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This is not about wallowing in self-pity but rather accepting that setbacks happen to everyone.
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Corbet recalled shooting the scene where Van Buren leads a group of party guests outside to a hillside overlook that would become the location for his institute and delivers a long speech that is somehow both self-pitying and self-aggrandizing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Satan is harsh and hypnotic, romantic and self-pitying in his despair.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Needless to say, this particular motive is not mentioned in Biden’s solipsistic and self-pitying statement.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Corbet recalled shooting the scene where Van Buren leads a group of party guests outside to a hillside overlook that would become the location for his institute and delivers a long speech that is somehow both self-pitying and self-aggrandizing.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Satan is harsh and hypnotic, romantic and self-pitying in his despair.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Needless to say, this particular motive is not mentioned in Biden’s solipsistic and self-pitying statement.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-pity. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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