noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
wallow
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Nor was he a man who wallowed constantly in self-pity .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gush of relief/self-pity etc
wallow in self-pity/despair/defeat etc
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Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity, and defending itself against all charges, whatever the cost to others.
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Look at the criticism for any opportunity to learn from it and to change, without wallowing in self-pity.
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What hope can they have, if they see you slumping about like a filleted herring, wallowing in self-pity?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Haslet never gave in to self-pity , despite her illness.
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If you feel a wave of self-pity coming on, go and talk about it with friends.
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Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At times I nearly went crazy from loneliness, and from that most deceptive enemy of all: self-pity .
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He can lapse into playground language at moments of stress, or even, at one point, some pompous Hancockian self-pity .
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Negative emotions are such feelings as fear, anger, jealousy, hatred, impatience, worry, self-pity , etc.
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Nor was he a man who wallowed constantly in self-pity .
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Tears of self-pity , perhaps, tears of anger and impotence certainly.
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Though it was easier than I could have hoped, my pride and self-pity would not admit it.
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To cry about them meant I was engaging in self-pity and whining.