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单词 self-reproach
释义

self-reproach

noun

self-re·​proach ˌself-ri-ˈprōch How to pronounce self-reproach (audio)
plural self-reproaches
: harsh criticism or disapproval of oneself especially for wrongdoing
feelings of self-reproach
When she reached home she went to bed, spent with the tumult of her emotions and sick with shame and self-reproach. William Dean Howells
also : an instance or expression of self-reproach
… I was greatly pained and made many self-reproaches for not having written to you for so long a time … Thomas De Quincey

Synonyms

  • contriteness
  • contrition
  • guilt
  • penitence
  • regret
  • remorse
  • remorsefulness
  • repentance
  • rue
  • shame
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Word History

First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

self-reproach

noun

as in remorse
a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • remorse
  • guilt
  • regret
  • shame
  • remorsefulness
  • penitence
  • contrition
  • repentance
  • sadness
  • contriteness
  • sorrow
  • grief
  • rue
  • compunction
  • anguish
  • apology
  • blame
  • scruple
  • qualm
  • embarrassment
  • misgiving
  • culpability
  • responsibility
  • prick
  • distress
  • ruth
  • chagrin
  • excuses
  • fault
  • mea culpa
  • bloodguilt
  • hand-wringing
  • bloodguiltiness
  • liability
  • rap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • impenitence
  • remorselessness
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