Self-disgust (Noun)
Meaning
Shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- She felt overwhelming self-disgust for abandoning her siblings in their time of need, a decision she couldn't shake from her conscience.
- His self-disgust was palpable as he recounted the cruel words he had spoken to his friend, now barely speaking to him.
- Self-disgust gnawed at her every waking moment, a constant reminder of the dishonest life she led, the people she had deceived.
- The memory of the occasion filled him with self-disgust, remembering how he had acted callously towards someone else's suffering.
- Her actions that night filled her with unshakeable self-disgust, a reminder that even she was capable of cruelty.