self-loathing
Adjective
Meaning
self-loathing (comparative more self-loathing, superlative most self-loathing)
Loathing oneself.
Alternative names
self loathing
Synonyms
Antonyms
Examples
Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. I certainly did.
The potential for self-loathing comes from the unavoidable problem that one is engaging in a childish, fraudulent activity: although it has the capacity to delight and amaze, the performer is also a hair's breadth from being justifiably treated like a silly child. It is, after all, just tricks.
Let me tell you something; I do hate myself, but it has nothing to do with being Jewish. (When accused of being a self-loathing Jew; Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 2, Episode 3, "Trick or Treat")
Here there was only yourself; a soul buried alive. Nothing to comfort you but your own life. Screaming from the pain of the blows which battered him down might have stopped, but the internal scream of self-loathing could never cease.
Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent?
There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it.