self-loathing

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Recent Examples of self-loathing After failing to execute prompts successfully, Google's Gemini AI has spiraled into self-loathing in recent months, Business Insider reports. PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025 His self-loathing became full-on clinical depression. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025 Nicholson, never better, walks the line between swagger and self-loathing with a precision that’s almost terrifying. Arkansas Online, 24 July 2025 There’s rage and violence, self-loathing and self-sabotage. Book Marks june 12, Literary Hub, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-loathing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-loathing
Noun
  • Henry initially felt anxious about others possibly perceiving her decision to go blonde as an attempt to emulate whiteness or as an expression of self-hate.
    Martine Thompson, Essence, 21 May 2025
  • In a rare moment of vulnerability, Xan then gives voice to the deep well of shame and self-hate that bubbles beneath his and his brother’s brutish veneer.
    Bartolomeo Sala, The Dial, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The concern now is not diffidence in New Delhi, but diffidence in Washington.
    Nirupama Rao, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Employees will most likely seek new opportunities to eliminate self-doubt and stress.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Rachel McAdams is terrific as Margaret’s mom, balancing ambition and self-doubt, while Oscar-winner Kathy Bates steals the show (big surprise) as the fiercely loving grandmother.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Forbes contributor Mark Travers writes that altruism in the workplace can go too far.
    Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Schammann views the move as having been motivated more by politics than altruism, and as rooted in Merkel’s belief that Germany was better equipped than other nations to handle the crisis.
    Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The choice Task makes to soften Ruffalo’s natural affability and presence in favor of Pelphrey’s Robbie—who transmits anger and despair with palpable, desperate energy—is a fascinating one, requiring humility from one actor and intense commitment from the other.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Becoming a successful leader requires clarity, humility and guidance from other successful leaders.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Self-loathing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-loathing. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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