self-pity
noun
: pity for oneself
especially
: a self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes
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At some point between his second-inning exit, and the Dodgers’ historic rally in the top of the fifth, a dispirited Flaherty decided against any further self-pity.
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
His Larson is all limbs, all neurosis, beaming with aggressive affection at the sight of urban beauty and crumpling into self-pitying shame when his ruthless career focus is called out.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Robert is too wrapped up in self-pity and bitterness.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Coldplay, once skewered by critics for being too plaintive and self-pitying, was now broadcasting the opposite message: everything is magic.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
His Larson is all limbs, all neurosis, beaming with aggressive affection at the sight of urban beauty and crumpling into self-pitying shame when his ruthless career focus is called out.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Robert is too wrapped up in self-pity and bitterness.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Coldplay, once skewered by critics for being too plaintive and self-pitying, was now broadcasting the opposite message: everything is magic.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-pity. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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