sorry for oneself

adjective

Self-pitying.

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Meanings

adjectivesorry for oneself (comparative more sorry for oneself, superlative most sorry for oneself)

comparative more sorry for oneself · superlative most sorry for oneself

  1. predicativeSelf-pitying.

    I never saw a wild thing / sorry for itself. / A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough / without ever having felt sorry for itself.

    1914, D. H. Lawrence, Self-Pity
  2. informalpredicativeIn a bedraggled or wretched state.

    But my scarf has been looking rather sorry for itself since our encounter with the tree.

    2017, J. L. Merrow, To Love a Traitor

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
self-pitying
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