Usually means: Dwelling on one's own sorrows.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. self pity: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. self-pity: Merriam-Webster
  3. self-pity: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. self-pity: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. self-pity, self-pity: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Self-pity, self-pity: Wordnik
  7. self-pity: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-pity, self pity: Wiktionary
  9. self-pity: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. self-pity: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. self-pity: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. self-pity, self pity: Dictionary.com
  13. self-pity: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. self-pity: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Self-pity, Self pity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. self-pity: Rhymezone
  17. self-pity: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. self-pity: FreeDictionary.org
  19. self-pity: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. self-pity: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. self-pity: Vocabulary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Self-pity: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Self pity)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of self-pity [A feeling of pity for oneself.]

Similar:
self-deprecation, pity party, pity, dejection, depressive, desponding, self-reproach, self-distrust, despection, despairing, more...

Opposite:
self-pity, self-pitying, self-pityingness

Phrases:
wallowing in self pity, opposite of opposite of self pity, opposite of self pity, more...


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Similar:
self-deprecation, pity party, pity, dejection, depressive, desponding, self-reproach, self-distrust, despection, despairing, more...

Opposite:
self-pity, self-pitying, self-pityingness

Phrases:
wallowing in self pity, opposite of opposite of self pity, opposite of self pity, more...



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