How to Use self-loathing in a Sentence

self-loathing

noun

• The fifth song off the singer’s new album Guts is cheeky and steeped in self-loathing and paranoia.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
• Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• But what haunts us all is a bit of the imposter syndrome, with a healthy dollop of fear and self-loathing.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2023
• Enough self-loathing over the pointless scrolling that robs endless hours, not to mention our self-respect.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023
• Still, Michaelis’s feeling of guilt and self-loathing persisted.
  — Laurie Udesky, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• The protagonist wants to run off to Africa and feels shame and self-loathing while trying to decide whether to let his child live or die.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• Isaac plays Davis as a couch-surfing, unlikable, self-loathing jerk.
  — Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
• So why don’t these millions of supposedly self-loathing motorists make the jump?
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
• But that self-involvement, for lack of a better word, doesn’t collapse into self-loathing.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
• Other readers, though, saw Tomine’s protagonist not as a truth-teller but as an archetype of self-loathing.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• Some of Swift's best work comes from her self-deprecating moods, and this track, with its self-loathing but super catchy lyrics, is no exception.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
• This might get tiresome — a heavy-handed dose of reflexive self-loathing — except the curators don’t follow through on the idea.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• He was consumed with self-loathing, convinced his own family wanted nothing to do with him.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
• Now is the time Hollywood is selling American self-loathing.
  — Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
• But his self-loathing, barely contained by endless stacks of folders, is extreme and heartrending.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
• Issues: Depression, anger, self-loathing Root cause: When Clare was 22 her mother died from cancer.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• Despite the ruinous results, Lizzie also can’t seem to serve her own best interests, controlled by own self-loathing.
  — Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
• But also, what is the honest truth in this moment is that her love is very complex and fraught with a kind of loathing and a self-loathing as well for feeling those feelings, and a frustration.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
• This drinking part may also come into contact with a self-critical or self-loathing part that wants to control the drinking.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• Consumed with self-loathing, Lee begins dabbling in heroin and cocaine, and becomes obsessed with the idea of taking ayahuasca.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
• But falling into a self-loathing joyless trap about girl dinner is annoying, too.
  — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 July 2023
• But Veep’s portrait of the cynicism, backbiting, horse-trading, and self-loathing of Washington seems much closer to the reality of the place, and of the moment.
  — Jason Bailey, TIME, 24 July 2024
• Grieving the loss of her wife and thoroughly unprepared for the reality of raising a child alone, Kris teeters on the edge of collapse, fumbling in a daze of alcohol, shame, and self-loathing.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 17 June 2024
• McNeil: Patrick’s self-loathing comes from his inability to get over emotional burdens.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• There are elements of a stand-up and a magician to the character, and Martin burrows into the guy’s self-loathing in ways that feel like the actor is exorcizing something out of himself.
  — Will Leitch, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
• On the back, where our negative feelings lie: newsprint black X’s Band-Aids pencil shavings magazine photographs of women’s bodies heads ripped off all our self-loathing.
  — Jennifer Gilmore, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
• George, on the other hand, was a delightful, thrilling roller-coaster ride of fun and games, self-laceration and self-loathing, but nevertheless with a happyish ending.
  — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• For Lee, there was never a doubt that Wong could pull off the complicated character of Amy, whose enviably perfect exterior masks a void of self-loathing and despair.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
• Although in fairness, a big part of journalism is trying to balance arrogance, doubt and self-loathing and channeling the incongruity into your work.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
• Lynch is nuanced enough to make Frank a memorably self-loathing villain instead of a one-note stooge, which ultimately makes the show more rewarding as a drama than as comedy.
  — Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024