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Definition of Self-reproach
1. Noun. A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed).
Generic synonyms: Regret, Rue, Ruefulness, Sorrow
Specialized synonyms: Guilt, Guilt Feelings, Guilt Trip, Guilty Conscience, Penance, Penitence, Repentance
2. Noun. The act of blaming yourself.
Definition of Self-reproach
1. Noun. Blame or condemnation directed at the self, as by the conscience. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-reproach
Literary usage of Self-reproach
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... barren sympathy for the pangs of self-reproach, of destitute ago, and suffering
royalty, but inculcate a salutary abhorrence of adulation and falsehood; ..."
2. A History of the Protestant Reformation in England and Ireland: Showing how by William Cobbett (1857)
"To be clear of self-reproach is amongst the greatest of human consolations ; and
now, amidst all the dreadful perils, with which the event that I have ..."
3. Ruskin: A Study in Personality by Arthur Christopher Benson (1911)
"... self-reproach they may have wasted our days. Few things are more unsatisfactory
than descriptions of places one has not seen. ..."
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