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
• Like really connecting on the deeper level to the desperation and the pain and rejection that Elisabeth is facing at the beginning of this and that kind of depth of fear and self-loathing.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 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

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024