Translations for „self-pity“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

self-pity N no pl

self-pity

самосожале́ние nt

Usage examples with self-pity

to wallow in self-pity

упива́ться жа́лостью к себе́

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He sank into self-pity and got drunk constantly.

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Lyrically the album dealt with issues including self-pity, hatred, drugs, death and religion.

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Lyrics tended to focus on working-class life, with frequently tragic themes of lost love, adultery, loneliness, alcoholism, and self-pity.

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Static sumud, though underscored by the determination to stay on one's land, was also characterized by an attitude of resignation and perhaps even self-pity.

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The angry tone continues mixed with some self-pity.

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This epic of self-pity, this querulous, whining fantasist who thinks he is the second most significant person in our politics: what did we do to deserve him?

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Though the primary focus of self-pity is on the self and ones own emotions within, it also has a strong interpersonal component.

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I slid my recliner over three feet and tucked myself into my bed, for another sleepless session of self-loathing and self-pity.

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He does not know how or why he was kept from crossing over, which fuels his melancholic self-pity.

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The thoroughgoing unpleasantness of this character was exposed and emphasised through his capacity for insult, self-pity and brutality.

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