self-hatred.

A strong feeling of hostility or disgust toward yourself.

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Words that belong together

• intense self-hatred
• consumed by self-hatred

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The letter revealed self-hatred where she had expected only regret.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.