self-torment
[ self-tawr-ment, self- ]
noun
an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
Origin of self-torment
1First recorded in 1640–50
Other words from self-torment
- self-tor·ment·ed, adjective
- self-tor·ment·ing, adjective
- self-tor·ment·ing·ly, adverb
- self-tor·men·tor, noun
Words Nearby self-torment
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How to use self-torment in a sentence
She would only have had a needless fright, to see her mother, haggard with self-torment, by her bedside at that hour.
Somehow Good | William de MorganTo encourage such fantasy was the idlest self-torment, but he had gone too far in this form of indulgence.
New Grub Street | George GissingWith a saint's capacity for self-torment, Madeleine wielded the scourge over her own back until the blood came.
Democracy An American Novel | Henry AdamsThen there came over him a spirit of defiance, of self-torment, of ill-humour, and he felt tempted to throw up the whole thing.
The Growth of a Soul | August StrindbergCharity listened with a greed of self-torment like a fanatic penitent.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert Hughes
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