self-pity

1. 1.

   a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings

   Broadersorrow

Questions about self-pity

What does self-pity mean?

self-pity means "a feeling of sorrow (often self-indulgent) over your own sufferings".

How many syllables are in self-pity?

self-pity has 3 syllables and divides as self--pi-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-pity a common word?

self-pity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.