self-pity
noun
: pity for oneself
especially
: a self-indulgent dwelling on one's own sorrows or misfortunes
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The work of avoiding such ignominious history and getting this turned around is Warren Schaeffer’s to do, and the former Yard Goats skipper is not giving despair or self-pity the time of day.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
And Carl realizes that a new case is just the thing to pull Hardy out of his spiral of self-pity.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Embrace them with curiosity, not self-pity; with adventure, not anxiety.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
And when his self-pity about the injury turns into a weird possessiveness upon the discovery of Dwight’s very real concussion (from a car crash on his way to rescue Michael, mind you), the episode reaches another level.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 6 May 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
And Carl realizes that a new case is just the thing to pull Hardy out of his spiral of self-pity.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2025
Embrace them with curiosity, not self-pity; with adventure, not anxiety.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
And when his self-pity about the injury turns into a weird possessiveness upon the discovery of Dwight’s very real concussion (from a car crash on his way to rescue Michael, mind you), the episode reaches another level.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-pity
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“Self-pity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-pity. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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