language note: Myself is the first person singular reflexive pronoun.
1. pronoun
A speaker or writer uses myself to refer to himself or herself. Myself is used as the object of a verb or preposition when the subject refers to the same person.
I asked myself what I would have done in such a situation.
I looked at myself in the mirror.
I felt ashamed of myself.
2. pronoun
You use myself to emphasize a first person singular subject. In more formal English, myself is sometimes used instead of 'me' as the object of a verb or preposition, for emphasis.
[emphasis]
I myself enjoy cinema, poetry, eating out and long walks.
I'm fond of cake myself.
He was roughly the same age as myself.
...a complete beginner like myself.
3. pronoun
If you say something such as 'I did it myself', you are emphasizing that you did it, rather than anyone else.
[emphasis]
'Where did you get that embroidery?'—'I made it myself.'
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myself in British English
(maɪˈsɛlf)
pronoun
1.
a.
the reflexive form of I or me
b.
(intensifier)
I myself know of no answer
2. (preceded by a copula)
my usual self
I'm not myself today
3. not standard
used instead of I or me in compound noun phrases
John and myself are voting together
myself in American English
(maɪˈsɛlf; məˈsɛlf)
pronoun
a form of I2, used: a) as an intensifier [I saw it myself] b) as a reflexive [I hurt myself] c) with the meaning “my real, true, or normal self” [I am not myself today] (in this construction my functions as an adjective and self as a noun, and they may be separated) [my own sweet self] Now sometimes used as a subject or a nonreflexive object in certain contexts [he spoke to John and myself]
Word origin
ME meself < OE me sylf: see me & self
Examples of 'myself' in a sentence
myself
So to see myself like that was a shock.
The Sun (2016)
I said to myself 'I have to run like him.
The Sun (2016)
I certainly didn't imagine myself with anyone like her.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She said: 'I remember asking myself why they were all grey.
The Sun (2016)
He says:'I just want to shut myself away.
The Sun (2016)
He said: 'I told myself to stay calm.
The Sun (2016)
I think to myself: 'Where are these players going to go?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I feel like I let myself down in job interviews?
The Sun (2016)
This is insulting to the majority of experienced teachers like myself who love new technology and how it improves teaching methods.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's all fresh produce which is very important for a superior fighting machine like myself!
The Sun (2013)
I was actually ashamed of myself for knowing very little.
The Sun (2012)
I was angry with her myself about something else.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I still feel so ashamed of myself.
The Sun (2012)
I feel so ashamed of myself and so guilty for doing this.
The Sun (2013)
I feel disgusted and ashamed of myself.
The Sun (2014)
I can have fun without feeling ashamed of myself.
The Sun (2015)
I like to set myself challenges.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I don't see myself going anywhere else.
The Sun (2012)
I didn't care about myself or anyone else.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other wars I like to drive myself.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I can't see myself anywhere else other than leading that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I feel ashamed of him at times - and of myself for feeling like this.
The Sun (2008)
He said: 'I told myself to try to make a game of it.
The Sun (2006)
He said: 'I threw myself into my singing.
The Sun (2015)
He said: 'I see myself as a player who can make a difference.
The Sun (2012)
He said: 'I pride myself on not having any negative traits.
The Sun (2015)
I was sat there asking myself: 'Where did that come from?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I often ask myself, 'Where will this end?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
myself
British English: myself /maɪˈsɛlf/ PRONOUN
You use myself when you are talking about yourself.
I hurt myself when I fell down.
American English: myself
Arabic: نَفْسِي
Brazilian Portuguese: eu mesmo
Chinese: 我自己
Croatian: sebe
Czech: se
Danish: mig selv
Dutch: mijzelf
European Spanish: me
Finnish: minä itse
French: moi-même
German: ich selbst
Greek: εγώ ο ίδιος
Italian: me stesso
Japanese: 私自身
Korean: 내 자신
Norwegian: meg selv
Polish: siebie
European Portuguese: a mim mesmo
Romanian: eu însumi/însămi
Russian: себя
Latin American Spanish: me
Swedish: mig själv
Thai: ตัวของฉัน
Turkish: kendim
Ukrainian: себе
Vietnamese: chính tôi
Chinese translation of 'myself'
myself
(maɪˈsɛlf)
pron
我自己 (wǒ zìjǐ)
⇒ I prepared the dinner myself.我自己做的晚餐。 (Wǒ zìjǐ zuò de wǎncān.)
⇒ I bought myself a new CD.我给自己买了张新唱片。 (Wǒ gěi zìjǐ mǎile zhāng xīn chàngpiàn.)
⇒ I want to try it out for myself.我想自己试一下。 (Wǒ xiǎng zìjǐ shì yīxià.)
(emphatic) 我本人 (wǒ běnrén)
⇒ I myself live in London.我本人住在伦敦。 (Wǒ běnrén zhù zài Lúndūn.)
(= me) 我 (wǒ)
⇒ a complete beginner like myself像我这样的一个初学者 (xiàng wǒ zhèyàng de yī gè chūxuézhě)
I hurt myself我伤(傷)了自己。 (wǒ shāngle zìjǐ)
by myself (= unaided) 我独(獨)力地 (wǒ dúlì de)
⇒ I did it all by myself.这都是我自己一个人独力做的。 (Zhè dōu shì wǒ zìjǐ yī gè rén dúlì zuò de.)
(= alone) 我独(獨)自 (wǒ dúzì)
⇒ I live by myself.我独自一个人住。 (Wǒ dúzì yī gè rén zhù.)
All related terms of 'myself'
by myself
( unaided ) 我独(獨)力地 wǒ dúlì de ⇒ I did it all by myself. → 这都是我自己一个人独力做的。 Zhè dōu shì wǒ zìjǐ yī gè rén dúlì zuò de.