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self-reproach

NOUN
  1. the act of blaming yourself
  2. a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

How To Use self-reproach In A Sentence

  • I felt, in reading your unreproaching letter to her, as self-reproachful as anybody could with a great deal of innocence (in the way of the world) to fall back upon. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)
  • Her reaction is a source of self-reproach to this day.
  • Which of us, in fact, has the force of character to be superior to petty vanity, to _petty fine feelings_, sympathy and self-reproach? ... The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories
  • It may have looked harmless enough, but Jenny knew what it stood for - guilt and self-reproach.
  • By apologizing and taking responsibility for our actions we help rid ourselves of esteem-robbing self-reproach and guilt.
  • She looked into his face, and guilt and self-reproach dissolved, along with the memory of another face, other eyes, ones that haunted and weighed her down with unresolvable pain.
  • The answer, again, comes in the theory of masochistic self-reproach sparked by the perpetual process of mourning an irreconcilable loss.
  • Marked self-reproach, early morning waking, and weight loss were not seen in this type of patient.
  • The biblical texts are full of suffering and self-reproach and the intensity of these responsores may well amaze you.
  • Moreover, if blame in general is irrational, so must be self-blame or self-reproach, unless this comes simply to resolving to do better next time.
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