self-pity
noun
: pity for oneself
especially
: a self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes
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The three components of the franchise’s young core refuse to let Williams wallow in any self-pity.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
King Charles' cancer diagnosis must have pushed her aversion to self-pity to its limits.
—Jack Royston, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Told with humor, insight and not an ounce of self-pity, his story is an inspiration.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
The Slavophiles’ distinction was their tone of self-pity.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
King Charles' cancer diagnosis must have pushed her aversion to self-pity to its limits.
—Jack Royston, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Told with humor, insight and not an ounce of self-pity, his story is an inspiration.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
The Slavophiles’ distinction was their tone of self-pity.
—James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-pity. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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