self-disgust

noun

self-dis·​gust ˌself-di-ˈskəst 

-dis-ˈgəst

also -diz-

: a strong dislike or distaste for oneself or for one's actions

He stood for a minute or two looking around the room with the same expression of self-disgust, as if he hated himself and everything about him …

—Edith Wharton

Examples of self-disgust in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Curiosity about the unknowable begins masquerading as intimacy, and you can be left feeling both heartbroken and filled with self-disgust. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026

Perhaps there could even be a real shudder of self-disgust on these shores—a recognition that our national pursuit of material happiness has immiserated much of the rest of the world and is now devouring itself. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all over again. — Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024

Shakespeare was a master of depicting the kinds of universal experiences — lust, betrayal, self-disgust, fear — that might preoccupy a young literary-minded student. — Talya Zax, Washington Post, 26 June 2024

Messud’s willingness to imagine the depths of her father’s self-disgust is both tender and shocking. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 May 2024

It can best be described as a form of self-disgust or even embarrassment. — Women's Health, 8 May 2023

The dismantling of Willy in his son’s eyes is almost as sad as the brief flashes of honest self-disgust that interrupt his father’s reveries. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-disgust

• antitrust
• overthrust
• readjust
• unitrust
• wanderlust
• adjust
• combust
• discussed
• disgust
• distrust
• entrust
• intrust