self-reproach

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Recent Examples of self-reproach Orsolya is apparently wracked with feelings of complicity, though the film, which is made up mainly of extended shots of her conversations with other people, questions the sincerity of her self-reproach against a backdrop of ethnic tension and neoliberal sprawl in Romania. Beatrice Loayza, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025 Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood. Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024 Jihan was overtaken by bitterness and self-reproach. Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Festivus has its airing of grievances and the 2024 Democratic National Convention in August may feature the wailing of self-reproach. James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023 One of the many poignant aspects of Nick’s early death is that his friends have carried a lifelong sense of regret and even self-reproach. Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2023 For an artist, self-reproach and self-aggrandizement can be two faces of the same mirror. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2023 The genre is like a psychological tattoo on a culture that has lost faith in itself — like the bourgeois self-reproach in Yazmina Reza’s puerile God of Carnage that Roman Polanski filmed. Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-reproach
Noun
  • After all, ditching an $8 bottle midway through feels a lot better than finishing a $60 bottle out of guilt.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The woman admitted her actions were fueled in part by guilt for having been duped by the scammer in the first place.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Jones has admitted wrongdoing, expressed remorse and is pleading for probation, Cleveland.com reports.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The unearthed audio, recorded while the couple lived together in London during the filming of the Disney+ series Loki’s second season, captured Majors expressing remorse.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The actor, who is currently starring in Riff Raff and The Friend, shared on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, March 25, that his biggest work regret is not making a comedy with Eastwood, 94.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • And besides, there’s no place for regret in the documentary.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The much bigger shame with Social Security is that it’s forced savings sans any kind of equity component.
    John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • There’s no shame at this no-audition choir that’s teaching Angelenos to sing.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Self-reproach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-reproach. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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