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self-pityingly
adverb
disapprovinguk /ˌselfˈpɪt.i.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˌselfˈpɪt̬.i.ɪŋ.li/
in a way that is full of self-pity(= sadness for yourself because you think you have a lot of problems):
She talks self-pityingly about how she has risked her reputation and her career.
"Am I really so awful?" he cried self-pityingly.
"I don't know," she said, shrugging self-pityingly.
She felt self-pityingly that the experience was wrecking her life.
He frequently and self-pityingly complained about his colleagues.
He self-pityingly treated his patient's problem as his own tragedy rather than hers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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a long faceidiom
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angsty
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be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
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distraught
distressed
lachrymose
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
wistful
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woe is meidiom
woebegone
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