Self-pity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Self-pity is a noun meaning A feeling of pity for oneself.
Meaning
A feeling of pity for oneself.
Example Sentences
I was sitting in my room, wallowing in self pity, when my favorite TV program came on.
Things that were implicit and largely unjudged in the book, filtered through layers of stiff-upper-lip irony — Fanny’s self-pity, Linda’s obliviousness — are now foregrounded and, for the most part, rendered banal, with “Beaches”-level platitudes and sentimentality.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pity, sympathy, self-admiration, self-pleasure, self-satisfaction, self-praise.
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