Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-contempt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: self---con-tempt
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feeling of contempt toward oneself.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[R]egard this Earth / Made multitudinous with thy slaves, whom thou / Requitest for knee-worship, prayer, and praise, / And toil, and hecatombs of broken hearts, / With fear and self-contempt and barren hope."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English contempt English self-contempt From self- + contempt.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-contempt mean?: A feeling of contempt toward oneself.
Where does self-contempt come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English contempt English self-contempt From self- + contempt.

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