as in sadness
disapproving
a feeling of pity for yourself because you believe you have suffered more than is fair or reasonable
He was wallowing in self-pity. She spoke without a trace of self-pity.
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Recent Examples of self-pity
In jail, her friends had coached her to appear remorseful but not to cry, because no one likes self-pity.
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Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024
This is at the root of populism, or much of it: self-pity, grievance, resentment.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
Lethargy is right there, self-pity is right there, depression's right there.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
Now this bearish, slightly boorish artist is just another divorced guy living in the city, marinating in booze and self-pity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2024
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Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024
This is at the root of populism, or much of it: self-pity, grievance, resentment.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Sep. 2024
Lethargy is right there, self-pity is right there, depression's right there.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
Now this bearish, slightly boorish artist is just another divorced guy living in the city, marinating in booze and self-pity.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for self-pity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-pity
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This is a wisp of a premise — aside from her muted graffiti efforts, our protagonist’s grief manifests itself more as general moodiness than anything particularly tangible.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Comedy is a way for not just professional entertainers to process that existential grief, but a tool for anybody working through this massive threat to our democratic system.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Johnny Rockets Drown any potential sorrows in a free milkshake with an in-store purchase.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Many of those recollections contain notes of sorrow.Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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To say more about the plot would spoil the film too much, but Ryder is really a chameleon, flickering between quiet melancholy, genuine affection, and darker, more selfish concerns, and the rotoscoping art style accentuates the expressiveness of her face.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
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At 78, Ferry reigns as the elder statesman of rock-star romantics, the king of elegant melancholy.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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The Democratic Party should be put out of its misery.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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While a fair number of New Yorkers may be at home alone tonight, watching prestige-TV reruns and trying to enter a fugue state, plenty of us plan to lean into the misery (or joy) of watching the election results in numbers.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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The silent anguish that Charles describes has dangerous real-world ramifications: After the death of a spouse, widowers experience higher rates of mortality, persistent depression, and social isolation than widows do.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The plot is on the heavy side: The Innocents plays with the mental anguish of a person desperately trying to make sense of the world around them while simultaneously dealing with their own emotional turmoil.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Compared to the agony and the ecstasy on display in McQueen’s extraordinary Small Axe compilation, which celebrated the United Kingdom’s diaspora culture while forcing the country to reckon with its institutionally racist past, this might seem like weak tea.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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The movie One of the darkest true stories on this list, An American Crime never undersells or soft-pedals the ceaseless agony of Likens’ ordeal.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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And the evening wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Wilson family.Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
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After two years of doom and gloom, digital health deals are showing signs of life, with venture capital firms making more focused bets and interest rate cuts rekindling some of the COVID-era optimism around the sector.Tina Reed, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
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While climate denial allows people to protect themselves from feelings of distress, terror management theory suggests that denying death is just the tip of the iceberg.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Twigs’s success over the years has been used as a tactic by LaBeouf’s legal team to undermine her accusation of emotional distress.Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-pity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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