self-torment

Noun

Meaning

self-imposed distress

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

self-torture

Hypernyms

suffering distress hurt

Examples

The delights of this life are not its own, but our fear of the ascent into a higher life; the torments of this life are not its own, but our self-torment because of that fear. Franz Kafka

Close letter words and terms

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