self-loathing

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Recent Examples of self-loathing The point is not to become your biggest critic, start self-loathing or feel guilty. Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025 But they're all ruled by hate, self-loathing, narcissistic, mangled lives. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 June 2025 That the short story wasn’t focused on gay self-loathing or repression appealed to director Hermanus, as well as how the film treats the relationship between Lionel and David with a casualness that belies its potentially upsetting subject matter. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 2025 At the first sign of conflict, this regime will collapse into a pile of overwhelming angst and self-loathing. Jennie Egerdie, New Yorker, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-loathing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-loathing
Noun
  • 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
  • This largely comes from a place of frustration at what is perceived as self-hate.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • One reason for the diffidence may be that Shao-Horn already has another project for building larger electrodes to be used in EV applications.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2010
  • New Delhi and Washington have made important strides together toward balancing Chinese power in recent years, but India’s diffidence about a tight partnership with the United States frustrates this outcome.
    ASHLEY J. TELLIS, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • In a different era of superhero movie, Superman learning that Ultraman, Lex’s secret weapon, is actually Superman’s clone would’ve wracked our hero with existential self-doubt.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 12 July 2025
  • Notice what situations spark self-doubt or the urge to contract.
    Dale Wilsher, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • But those same traits, like hedonism or a desire to dominate, can sometimes push them away from traits associated with goodness, like humility or altruism.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Back in the day, the USDA helped pay for screwworm eradication down to Panama out of not pure altruism but economic pragmatism: Establishing a 100-mile screwworm barrier there is cheaper than creating one at the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • And great live music was provided by Grammy nominees Midland, whose musicianship was only exceeded by their humility and charm.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • He’s already shown leadership, humility and patience through injuries and adversity.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2025

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“Self-loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loathing. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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