单词 | self-pitiful |
释义 | self-pitifuladj. Characterized by self-pity; full of self-pity; = self-pitying adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > full of self-pity self-pityinga1628 sorry for oneself1767 self-pitiful1865 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxix. 296 She spent herself in an ecstasy of shame and misery; then, at last, she sobbed slow and gently, with a self-pitiful heart-break. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 196 In the morning she was a dried channel of tears, no longer self-pitiful. 1934 D. Thomas Let. 15 Apr. (1987) 115 I don't feel at all self-pitiful today. 1997 Etnofoor 10 33 Dr. Hardoy confesses, in a self-reflective and self-pitiful mood, that ‘it made me sick to my gut to think like that.’ Derivatives self-ˈpitifulness n. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > self-pity self-pity1604 self-pitifulness1880 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 196 The necessity for draining her of her self-pitifulness. 1922 P. Rosenfeld in Dial Jan. 35 It is too late to avoid humankind with the sentimentalities of the popular authors, or the self-pitifulness of the Main Street men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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