self-reproach
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- self-reproachful adjective
- self-reproachfully adverb
- self-reproaching adjective
- self-reproachingly adverb
- self-reproachingness noun
Etymology
Origin of self-reproach
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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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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