beat yourself up
informal— phrasal verb with beat uk/biːt/us/biːt/verb beat, beaten or US also beat
to blame or criticize yourself, usually in a way that is unfair or unnecessary:
If you fail, don't beat yourself up; just try again.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chastising & rebuking
- admonition
- barracking
- bawl
- be in sb's face idiom
- bring
- chew
- dressing-down
- jump down sb's throat idiom
- keelhaul
- lambaste
- lay
- neck
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reproachful
- there'll be hell to pay idiom
- throw
- throw the book at sb idiom
- tirade
- upbraid
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