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self-reproach

[ self-ri-prohch ]

/ ˈsɛlf rɪˈproʊtʃ /

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noun

blame or censure by one's own conscience.

Origin of self-reproach

First recorded in 1770–80

OTHER WORDS FROM self-reproach

self-re·proach·ful, self-re·proach·ing, adjective self-re·proach·ing·ly, adverb self-re·proach·ing·ness, noun

Words nearby self-reproach

self-reliance, self-reliant, self-renunciation, self-replicate, self-replicating, self-reproach, self-respect, self-restraint, self-retaining catheter, self-revealing, self-revelation

Example sentences from the Web for self-reproach

Sitting on the side of her bed, her gaze is downturned, replete with a combination of remorse, self-reproach, and despair.

GOP to Women: Obama’s Your Guilty Pleasure |Judith Grey |May 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He collapses under the strain of it and he is bitten by guilt, remorse, and self-reproach.

Branagh's Twists and Turns |Jace Lacob |September 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
I am not without a certain sort of self-reproach in all this.

Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General |Charles Lever
Her voice was full of self-reproach, and before he could stop her she lifted his hand and kissed the welt.

A Texas Ranger |William MacLeod Raine

William had no rejoinder to make, for self-reproach was busy at his heart.

Watch--Work--Wait |Sarah A. Myers
No one present is so young, or so careless, as never to have felt the pains of self-reproach.

Modern Skepticism |C. J. Ellicott
The words of Mr. Melton at the breakfast table recurred to him and he fairly writhed in an agony of self-reproach.

Bert Wilson in the Rockies |J. W. Duffield

British Dictionary definitions for self-reproach

self-reproach

noun

the act of finding fault with or blaming oneself

Derived forms of self-reproach

self-reproachful, adjective self-reproachfully, adverb