self-loathing
Intense personal disgust
Self-loathing is intense dislike or hatred directed at oneself.
It goes beyond ordinary self-criticism to a persistent sense of disgust or contempt for one's own character, appearance, or actions: Years of self-loathing had worn her down.
The term often appears in discussions of depression, addiction, and internalized shame.
Hate with contempt
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- contemptDisdainful disregard
- detestationIntense, thorough hatred
repulsion · abhorrence · disgust · toxic shame · unlovable · defective · broken
Loss of dignity
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- disgraceLoss of honor
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- stigmaMark of dishonor
inferiority · degradation · dishonor · chagrin · abasement · disrepute · exposure · unworthiness
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
- penitenceRemorse for misdeeds
atonement · repentance · confession · compunction · ruefulness · penance · mea culpa · expiation
Harsh internal self-judgment
- fault-findingExcessive focus on errors
- hypercriticalExcessively prone to censure
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- judgmentalInclined to criticize others
despise
Hate with contempt
- worthlessnessLack of any value
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
- contemptDisdainful disregard
detestation · repulsion · abhorrence · disgust · toxic shame · unlovable · defective · broken
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- disgraceLoss of honor
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
stigma · inferiority · degradation · dishonor · chagrin · abasement · disrepute · exposure · unworthiness · inadequacy
remorse
Guilt for wrongdoing
- regretSorrow over past actions
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- culpabilityDeserving blame for wrongdoing
penitence · atonement · repentance · confession · compunction · ruefulness · penance · mea culpa · expiation · wrongdoing
inner critic
Harsh internal self-judgment
- fault-findingExcessive focus on errors
- hypercriticalExcessively prone to censure
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- bad feelingssadness, anger, fear, grief, sorrow
- emotional strugglesinner turmoil, inner conflict, emotional pain, heartbreak, sadness
- insecuritiesinsecurity, inadequacy, inferiority, inferiority complex, unworthiness
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience
- self-loathinginner critic, worthlessness, unworthiness, toxic shame, beating yourself up
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
self-loathingself-love
Prioritizing your own worth
self-acceptance · self-admiration · self-respect · self-esteem · self-compassion
self, oneself, loathe, loathing, loath, loathsome, self-condemnation, self-reproach, self-criticism