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self-contempt

American  
[self-kuhn-tempt] / ˈsɛlf kənˈtɛmpt /

noun

  1. contempt for oneself; lack of self-respect.


Example Sentences

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At least for this session, her tactic has quelled her patient’s self-contempt.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

"My own experience of depression - one of the symptoms of it is self-hatred, self-contempt, real, vicious sense of dislike of oneself," said Mr Welby.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2022

The notebooks allow her to express the “confusion, self-contempt, conflict” that she tried to keep at bay in her published work.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2020

They felt as though American culture had wrecked their brains, leaving many of their peers awash in self-contempt.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

He could find no words strong enough to express his self-contempt.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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