Self-contempt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Self-contempt is a noun meaning A feeling of contempt toward oneself.
Meaning
A feeling of contempt toward oneself.
Example Sentences
[R]egard this Earth / Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou / Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, / And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, / With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include self-dissatisfaction, contempt, contemptibility, contemptuousness, contemptibleness, self-discrimination.
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