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Recent Examples of self-loathing
But most of us have probably experienced the letdown—perhaps even self-loathing—of failing to stick to a New Year’s resolution.
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
The reverse camera angle compounds my self-loathing.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
More than anything, the movie gives you a portrait of the artist as an open wound, with self-mythologizing masquerading as self-loathing and self-deprecation taken to uncomfortable extremes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
From the beginning, Shrinking has always framed Jimmy’s obsession with healing his patients as a sort of drug, a way of distracting himself from the grief and self-loathing gnawing at him in the background.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2025
The reverse camera angle compounds my self-loathing.
—Alan Shearer, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
More than anything, the movie gives you a portrait of the artist as an open wound, with self-mythologizing masquerading as self-loathing and self-deprecation taken to uncomfortable extremes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024
From the beginning, Shrinking has always framed Jimmy’s obsession with healing his patients as a sort of drug, a way of distracting himself from the grief and self-loathing gnawing at him in the background.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-loathing
Noun
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In a movie that seems to insist that self-hate is just part of life, Kidman’s alluringly impulsive, tragically romantic Charlotte almost escapes that nihilism … almost. 9.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
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There was some internal kind of self-hate, cultural hate in some ways.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Oct. 2024
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The memory comes to me sometimes, out of the blue, crawling into my brain and filling it with self-disgust all over again.—
Alan Shearer,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
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Shakespeare was a master of depicting the kinds of universal experiences — lust, betrayal, self-disgust, fear — that might preoccupy a young literary-minded student.—
Talya Zax,
Washington Post,
26 June 2024
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Between the sticks - Bayern seem reluctant to retire Neuer but this diffidence is helping no one.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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At its best, the uncomfortably intimate aesthetic of the films combined with the general diffidence at their heart attempted to epitomize a generational temperament and linguistic sensibility.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
14 Aug. 2024
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Ko had experienced lulls and low points yet never had suffered such crippling self-doubt.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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This might be a sign of experiencing imposter syndrome and having a false concern of self-doubt in yourself.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The actress has also been honored for her altruism at previous Global Gift Galas.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
29 Jan. 2025
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Neuroscience is beginning to uncover how altruism and happiness are connected and can positively influence well-being.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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But there’s something more to all this than just the laughs and the humility of a man who always credits everyone around him for his achievements.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
2 Feb. 2025
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Yet this is a key aspect of Jackman’s charisma: a kind of sweet humility that constantly refreshes itself.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Self-loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loathing. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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