self-torment
noun
an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
self-tormentor
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a word derived from
self-torment.
Example Sentences
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"He was always a self-tormentor, and hence such subjects were his darling theme."
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
So the kind physician advises his mournful self-tormentor, and then he himself flies round the corner and consults some brother-healer about his own subjective gloom.
From Lost Leaders by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge
He maintained that Montenero had not been at all displeased, and that I was a most absurd modern self-tormentor.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth
Nor did I choose to follow your example, of being so much a self-tormentor, as to be concerned at whatever opinion of me any published invective might infuse into people unknown to me.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
You magnify the dangers about you, and, in fact, become a self-tormentor.
From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
