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单词 self-pitiful
释义

self-pitifuladj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈpɪtɪf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈpɪdəf(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, pitiful adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + pitiful adj., after self-pity n. Compare earlier self-pitying adj.
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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