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  • noun shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions

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Examples

  • I didn't know what prayer was, and attempting it on my own for such a long period of time meant that I was cultivating mostly self-disgust.

    Amy Frykholm: Naked In Church Amy Frykholm 2011

  • I didn't know what prayer was, and attempting it on my own for such a long period of time meant that I was cultivating mostly self-disgust.

    Amy Frykholm: Naked In Church Amy Frykholm 2011

  • EDs are sometimes viewed as conditions perpetuated by vanity; however, the prevalent feelings of self-disgust and the low self-confidence exhibited by sufferers of EDs clearly demonstrate the incredible error of this notion.

    Eating Disorders: Colleges Highlight Quiet Problem The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • In "The Five-Forty-Eight" it's his self-complacency and then its replacement by terror and self-disgust.

    O Youth and Beauty! 2009

  • “I feel like some damned actor,” he declared in a tone of self-disgust.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

  • Denying your truth and not standing in it leads to a loss of power, lies, and self-disgust.

    Levi Ben-Shmuel: Finding Your Inner Royalty Levi Ben-Shmuel 2011

  • Denying your truth and not standing in it leads to a loss of power, lies, and self-disgust.

    Levi Ben-Shmuel: Finding Your Inner Royalty Levi Ben-Shmuel 2011

  • Denying your truth and not standing in it leads to a loss of power, lies, and self-disgust.

    Levi Ben-Shmuel: Finding Your Inner Royalty Levi Ben-Shmuel 2011

  • Denying your truth and not standing in it leads to a loss of power, lies, and self-disgust.

    Levi Ben-Shmuel: Finding Your Inner Royalty Levi Ben-Shmuel 2011

  • “I feel like some damned actor,” he declared in a tone of self-disgust.

    Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

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