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self-reproachful
adjective
uk /ˌself.rɪˈprəʊtʃ.fəl/ us /ˌself.rɪˈproʊtʃ.fəl/( alsoself-reproving)
expressing or feeling criticism of yourself:
He was in a disillusioned, self-reproachful mood, dwelling on his past mistakes.
Here her flood of self-reproving words and tears suddenly stopped.
In many ways, his memoir is a self-reproachful book, in which he confronts some of the harm he inflicted in his job as a tabloid journalist.
You may have a complex mixture of positive, negative, and self-reproachful feelings.
It can be hard to deal with self-reproachful feelings that come up unexpectedly.
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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