self-pity Synonyms
Strongest:
- agony
- depression
- despair
- grief
- sadness
- distress
- gloom
- melancholy
- anguish
- sorrow
- sorrowfulness
- misery
Strong:
- dreariness
- glumness
- heartsickness
- desperation
- mopes
- hopelessness
- pain
- miserableness
- mournfulness
- despondence
- discouragement
- gloominess
- somberness
- dumps
- joylessness
- mourning
- oppression
- unhappiness
- blues
- boredom
- despond
- melancholia
- despondency
- forlornness
- dejection
Weak:
Strongest:
- gaiety
- cheerfulness
- lightheartedness
- gayety
- mirth
- gaiety
- cheerfulness
- contentment
- satisfaction
- gleefulness
- hopefulness
- gayness
- jollity
- merriment
- optimism
- merriment
- humor
- satisfaction
- cheeriness
- gayety
- gleefulness
- jollity
- joviality
- optimism
- contentment
- mirth
- glee
- gayness
- lightheartedness
- humor
- cheeriness
- glee
- hopefulness
- joviality
Strong:
- euphoria
- euphoria
- delight
- content
- content
- mirthfulness
- happiness
- jubilation
- gratification
- elation
- exultation
- elation
- happiness
- cheer
- joyousness
- jubilation
- cheer
- sunniness
- gratification
- contentedness
- exultation
- exuberance
- ecstasy
- joy
- contentedness
- ecstasy
- intoxication
- bliss
- sunniness
- mirthfulness
- delight
- exuberance
- joy
- intoxication
- joyousness
- bliss
Weak:
self-pity Meaning
self-pity (n)
a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
FAQs About the word self-pity
a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings
agony, depression, despair, grief,sadness, distress, gloom, melancholy, anguish, sorrow
gaiety, cheerfulness, lightheartedness, gayety,mirth, gaiety, cheerfulness, contentment, satisfaction, gleefulness
Indulging in self-pity had become a crutch that weakened his resolve.
The professor's self-pitying lamentations grated on the students' nerves.
She allowed self-pity to consume her, blinding her to the opportunities around her.
His self-pity stemmed from a deep-seated fear of failure.
