self-sacrificing

1. 1.

   willing to deprive yourself

   Synonymsself-denyingself-giving

   Similarunselfish

Questions about self-sacrificing

What does self-sacrificing mean?

self-sacrificing means "willing to deprive yourself".

How many syllables are in self-sacrificing?

self-sacrificing has 5 syllables and divides as self--sa-cri-fi-cing 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.

What is another word for self-sacrificing?