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self-castigation
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌself.kæs.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.kæs.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act of criticizing yourself severely: 自我谴责
He certainly does not shy away from self-castigation, taking full responsibility for his part in the failure.
Defeat in war led to calls for self-castigation and a return to traditional values.战争失败导致自我谴责和回归传统价值观的呼声。
Her body of work as a columnist is one of the most brilliant examples we have of witty self-castigation.
This immense burden of worthlessness and self-castigation increased the longer he stayed away from home.
Apart from occasional outbursts of self-castigation, his emotions seemed to be deadened.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
reproachful
shame
spoken
tear
wigging
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