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Meaning of self-contempt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A feeling of contempt toward oneself.

uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi itsehalveksinta itsehalveksunta
Svenska självförakt

Examples

“[R]egard this Earth / Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou / Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, / And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, / With fear and self-contempt and barren hope.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

self-contradiction self-control Self-controlling self-conviction self-cooker self-correct

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