Synonyms of self-disgust

self-disgust

noun

as in diffidence

Related Words

• diffidence
• self-loathing
• self-hate
• altruism
• self-doubt
• humility
• unselfishness
• timidity
• bashfulness
• humbleness
• modesty
• shyness
• passiveness
• timidness
• passivity
• demureness

Dissimilar Words

• complacency
• egotism
• smugness
• vanity
• ego
• pride
• self-satisfaction
• vainglory
• conceit
• complacence
• pomposity
• self-love
• self-esteem
• pompousness
• self-importance
• pridefulness
• self-congratulation
• conceitedness
• amour propre
• vainness
• self-conceit
• swelled head
• confidence
• self-confidence
• vaingloriousness
• assurance
• bighead
• self-admiration
• self-assurance
• self-opinion
• self-glory
• self-assumption
• self-righteousness
• swellheadedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-disgust

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