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self-reproach

[self-ri-prohch]

noun

  1. blame or censure by one's own conscience.



self-reproach

noun

  1. the act of finding fault with or blaming oneself

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • self-reproachful adjective
  • self-reproaching adjective
  • self-reproachingly adverb
  • self-reproachingness noun
  • ˌ-ˈDzڳܱ adjective
  • ˌ-ˈDzڳܱly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of self-reproach1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences

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Do you think all this self-reproach is useful, Mark?

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And the fights with her grandmother over her singing leave her both furious and tinged with self-reproach.

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“The play grew out of the related self-reproach about seeing my life as a charmed life,” Stoppard said during our long conversation.

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Ms. Merkel did not shy away from self-reproach in the interview.

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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.

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