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self-disgust

Noun

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shame resulting from strong dislike of yourself or your actions

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To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard. Francis Fukuyama

You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn't be able to protect them from self-disgust. Zadie Smith

He expresses his self-disgust at having tried to console himself by having three different mistresses during his travels in Europe and begs Jane to forgive him for these past transgressions. Source: Internet

The other attitude is one of self-disgust and misanthropy. Source: Internet

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