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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'
Howard Schultz

Meaning of "self-pity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-PITY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-PITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Pity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF-PITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Self-pity

Self-pity is the psychological state of mind of an individual in perceived adverse situations who has not accepted the situation and does not have the confidence nor competence to cope with it. It is characterized by a person's belief that he or she is the victim of unfortunate circumstances or events and is therefore deserving of condolence. Self-pity is generally regarded as a negative emotion in that it does not generally help deal with adverse situations. However, in a social context, it may result in either the offering of sympathy or advice. Self-pity may be considered normal, and in certain circumstances healthy, so long as it is transitory and leads to either acceptance or a determination to change the situation.

Definition of self-pity in the English dictionary

The definition of self-pity in the dictionary is the act or state of pitying oneself, esp in an exaggerated or self-indulgent manner.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-PITY

self-parody
self-parodying
self-perpetuating
self-pitying
self-pityingly
self-poisoning
self-pollinated
self-pollination
self-portrait
self-possessed
self-possessedly
self-possession
self-praise
self-preoccupied
self-preservation
self-pride
self-proclaimed
self-professed
self-promotion
self-pronouncing

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-PITY

ability
activity
authority
availability
bepity
capacity
celebrity
city
community
facility
functionality
hospitality
humanity
humidity
identity
more´s the pity
outpity
pity
serendipity
uppity

Synonyms and antonyms of self-pity in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «SELF-PITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «self-pity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of self-pity

Translation of «self-pity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-PITY

Find out the translation of self-pity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-pity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-pity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自哀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

autocompasión
570 millions of speakers

English

self-pity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मदया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رثاء الذات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жалость к себе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pena de si mesmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজের প্রতি সমবেদনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apitoiement sur soi-même
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kasihan diri sendiri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstmitleid
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己憐憫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 연민
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngasihi diri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự thương hại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய பரிதாபம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्म-दया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendine acımak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

autocommiserazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

użalanie się nad sobą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жалість до себе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

autocompătimire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτολύπηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfbejammering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självömkan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvmedlidenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-pity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-PITY»

The term «self-pity» is regularly used and occupies the 73.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-PITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-pity

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10 QUOTES WITH «SELF-PITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word self-pity.
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Stephen Vincent Benet
Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.
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Maeve Binchy
When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower
If it weren't the problem of politics for me, it would be another. And yet, sometimes it's so difficult. And I feel sorry for myself. And then hate myself for this feeling of self-pity.
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Carrie Fisher
Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.
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Manly Hall
It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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Dave Matthews
I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.
8
Joyce Meyer
If someone decides they're not going to be happy, it's not your problem. You don't have to spend your time and energy trying to cheer up someone who has already decided to stay in a bad mood. Believe it or not, you can actually hurt people by playing into their self-pity.
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Randy Pausch
I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
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Howard Schultz
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-PITY»

Discover the use of self-pity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-pity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Self Pity
Smoke. Self Pity Miss Mail Lady Port 1 ' ¢ § M I h" Self Pity Miss Mail Lady Part 1 Smoke. Front Cover.
Smoke, 2012
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Self/Pity
Acknowledgments. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the editors of the following publications, in which these poems, or versions of them, first appeared: American Poetry Review: “Goose Pity” Boulevard: “The Seventh Chakra” Kenyon  ...
Susan Hahn, 2005
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The Leadership Ellipse: Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are
Fred Smith Sr. who used to say, “self-pity is the most dangerous and addictive of all non-pharmaceutical narcotics.” This is a strong statement but one that I have observed and experienced to be true even though self-pity is either ignored or ...
Robert A. Fryling, 2010
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The Battle for Normality: A Guide for (self-) Therapy for ...
Self-pity provides warmth; it consoles because there is something sweet in it. Est quaedam ftcrc voluptus, there is a certain lust in crying, according to the ancient poet Ovid (Tristia). The child or adolescent who feels himself to be a "poor me" ...
G. J. M. van den Aardweg, 1997
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Tales of Power
"By now there is no way for you to recollect the immense effort that you needed to establish self-pity as a feature of your island. Self-pity bore witness to everything you did. It was just at your fingertips, ready to advise you. Death is considered ...
Carlos Castaneda, 1974
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Progress in Self Psychology
The particular blend of pain and pleasure encompassed in self-pity originates from a narcissistic wound with subsequent attempts at self-comforting. In Milrod's view this wound may be real, imagined, or self-provoked. Milrod describes how ...
Arnold I. Goldberg, 2013
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Men in Midlife Crisis
Magnificent Martyr Self-pity is the second emotional theme of the midlife man. When the TV show "Male Menopause" examined the midlife crisis, John J. O' Connor, television critic for The New York Times, commented on the program, " The ...
Jim Conway, 1997
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Pity Transformed
An examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity
David Konstan, 2001
9
Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up ...
This means giving up the pleasure you derive from self-pity. Don't act as if you don't know what I'm talking about! Pity is a drug. Your first hit on the pity pipe makes you feel good, but it's just a temporary fix. All too soon, it leaves you in a darker ...
Sean Stephenson, 2009
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The Power of Humility: Living like Jesus
But self-pity is a choice. We may have not chosen the circumstances that brought us to feel sorry for ourselves, and yet it is a choice we make when we engage in self-pity. We tend to justify self-pity in any case. The second difference follows: ...
R.T. Kendall, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-PITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-pity is used in the context of the following news items.
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In 'Lovers,' There's A Lot To Like — And Plenty Of Self-Pity To Go …
Juan Gabriel Vasquez opens Lovers on All Saints' Day with a line that's almost a thesis statement. "I didn't leave Belgium much during that season," says the ... «NPR, Jul 15»
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Chattanooga Shooter Marinated in Self-Pity Over 'Islamophobia'
Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, who murdered four Marines in a jihad terror attack in Chattanooga Thursday morning, attended Red Bank High School in the ... «PJ Media, Jul 15»
3
Tedious 'Felt' chronicles a woman's wallow in self-pity
Amy has had a bad breakup, probably the latest of many. She's an artist, so her post-breakup grief is an unusually deep wallow in self-pity. But self-pity, in this ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump's latest statement is a marvel of narcissism and self
Donald Trump's latest statement is a marvel of narcissism and self-pity: “I have lost a lot during this Presidential run”. By doubling down on his noxious recent ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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Is Self-Pity a Sin?
I'm used to insomnia as a nightly occurrence, but when 4:00 and then 5:00 rolled around (the alarm set for 6:00) tears of self-pity started to rise. I had a five-hour ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
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Grief is NOT Self-Pity, Joel Osteen
According to Osteen: "Consequently, fifteen years after the fact, Phil and Judy continued to languish in self-pity and self-induced isolation. Why? Because they ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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'Self-pity is our worst enemy'
Helen Keller was born June 27, 1880. At the age of two she suffered an illness that left her blind and deaf. Her parents took her to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell ... «WND.com, Jun 15»
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Sister of Dale Cregan reveals police killer's self-pity behind bars …
Double cop killer Dale Cregan often wonders how old he will be when he dies behind bars, his sister has revealed to the Sunday People. The one-eyed monster ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Tobias Jesso Jr review – heartbreak songs lapse into cloying self-pity
It's no surprise that Tobias Jesso Jr's debut album, Goon, sounds like the work of someone who lives in a permanent state of heartbreak. A delve into his ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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9 Ways Mentally Strong People Prevent Self-Pity From Sabotaging …
Mentally strong people refuse to allow self-pity to sabotage their success. Instead, they use life's inevitable hardships as a way to grow stronger and become ... «Forbes, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self-Pity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/self-pity>. Apr 2024 ».
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