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: self--pi-ty. The stress falls on "self-".

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.