self-reproach

[self-ri-prohch]

noun

1. blame or censure by one's own conscience.

self-reproach

noun

1. the act of finding fault with or blaming oneself

Other Word Forms

• self-reproachful adjective
• self-reproaching adjective
• self-reproachingly adverb
• self-reproachingness noun
• self-reproachfully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-reproach¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

Do you think all this self-reproach is useful, Mark?

From Los Angeles Times

And the fights with her grandmother over her singing leave her both furious and tinged with self-reproach.

From New York Times

“The play grew out of the related self-reproach about seeing my life as a charmed life,” Stoppard said during our long conversation.

From Washington Post

Ms. Merkel did not shy away from self-reproach in the interview.

From New York Times

I’m flushed, too warm, I stink, sweat drips, rivulets of self-reproach; he is near me now, dry and smiling; it unnerves me, his dryness.

From New York Times

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