self-reproach
noun
blame or censure by one's own conscience.
self-reproaching
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a word derived from
self-reproach.
Example Sentences
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“It was really a very honest and sometimes self-reproaching record of her own behavior at that time,” Steve Dew said.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2020
"I must separate them," she answered, with the air of one driven to bay by her own self-reproaching.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various
P: Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
"I must separate them in thought," she answered, with the air of one driven to bay by her own self-reproaching.
From Oldport Days by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Chilled at her touch, the self-reproaching soul Flies from the heart and home she dearest loves, To where lone mountains tower, or billows roll, Or to your endless depth, ye solemn groves.
From The Christian Year by John Keble
