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Recent Examples of self-disgust
The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all over again.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-disgust
Noun
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The concern now is not diffidence in New Delhi, but diffidence in Washington.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After failing to execute prompts successfully, Google's Gemini AI has spiraled into self-loathing in recent months, Business Insider reports.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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His self-loathing became full-on clinical depression.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Henry initially felt anxious about others possibly perceiving her decision to go blonde as an attempt to emulate whiteness or as an expression of self-hate.—
Martine Thompson,
Essence,
21 May 2025
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In a rare moment of vulnerability, Xan then gives voice to the deep well of shame and self-hate that bubbles beneath his and his brother’s brutish veneer.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Even before the crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried tarnished the name of effective altruism (EA), the movement had backed itself into tight corners.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Almost all food recalls are made by the manufacturing company voluntarily, but not out of altruism.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After all, who wants to feel the pangs of self-doubt, anxiety, or chronic stress?—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Founding member and rapper Ah Yoon described her initial feelings going into the shoot as filled with self-doubt.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
27 Aug. 2025
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In Christian lore, the sycamore also symbolizes repentance, humility, and forgiveness of one’s sins, evoked by the story of the tax collector Zacchaeus, who climbed one to see Jesus.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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What separates those who get hired from those who don’t often comes down to emotional intelligence, humility and the ability to collaborate.—
John M. O'Connor,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Self-disgust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-disgust. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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