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self-reproach
[ self-ri-prohch ]
noun
- blame or censure by one's own conscience.
self-reproach
noun
- the act of finding fault with or blaming oneself
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Derived Forms
- ˌself-reˈproachfully, adverb
- ˌself-reˈproachful, adjective
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Other Words From
- self-re·proachful self-re·proaching adjective
- self-re·proaching·ly adverb
- self-re·proaching·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of self-reproach1
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Example Sentences
Sitting on the side of her bed, her gaze is downturned, replete with a combination of remorse, self-reproach, and despair.
He collapses under the strain of it and he is bitten by guilt, remorse, and self-reproach.
But although ease may be obtained by silencing self-reproach, safety scarcely can.
The fault was his, he vehemently assured himself, lashing himself with the scorpions of self-reproach.
"And so you have not gone to school," the father answered, with an accent of self-reproach.
Among the letters was one which made his cheek burn with self-reproach.
I felt a stirring of self-reproach; I had forgotten all about him!
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