Synonyms for self-pity
self-pity

Princeton's WordNet

1. self-pitynoun

   a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings

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1. • Sorrow

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1. John W. Gardner:

   Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

2. André Maurois:

   Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

3. James Stewart:

   The true Christian reaction to suffering and sorrow is not the attitude of self-pity, fatalism or resentment; it is the spirit which takes life's difficulties as a God given opportunity, and regards its troubles as a sacred trust, and wears the thorns as a crown.

4. Damian Lewis:

   Already I miss her, she has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine. In life, too, we had to rise to meet her. But her greatest and most exquisite act of bravery and generosity has been to 'normalize' her death. She's shown no fear, no bitterness, no self-pity, only armed us with the courage to go on and insisted that no one be sad because she is happy.

5. Richard Willard Armour:

   Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.