self-pity

noun
🔊/ˌself ˈpɪti/
🔊/ˌself ˈpɪti/
[uncountable] (often disapproving)
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  1. a feeling of sadness for yourself, especially because of something unpleasant or unfair that has happened to you自怜
    • She's not someone who likes to wallow in self-pity.她不是那种喜欢自怜的人。🔊🔊
    • tears of self-pity自怜的眼泪
    • A wave of self-pity came over him.一阵自怜的情绪笼罩着他。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of self-pity
    • wave
    verb + self-pity
    • wallow in
    phrases
    • full of self-pity
    • tears of self-pity
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