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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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
But first say something nice about this self-tormentor.
From The Road to Damascus by Graham Rawson
His was a joyous nature; no one was less of a self-tormentor.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
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
Ah, what a miserable self-tormentor I have been!
From After a Shadow and Other Stories by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
