"self-pitying" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "self- + pitying",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + pitying",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more self-pitying",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most self-pitying",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986 August 9, Gerardo Maria Cabrera, “The Smiths Turn to Subtle Self-Parody”, in Gay Community News, page 7",
          "text": "Yet The Smiths' hopelessness has also turned listeners off. Their music seems at times too self-indulgent and self-pitying to be taken seriously.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pitying oneself; marked by self-pity."
      ],
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        [
          "self-pity",
          "self-pity"
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        {
          "word": "self-pity"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "maudlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "sorry for oneself"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sebelítostivý"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bolestínský"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "word": "selvmedlidende"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "word": "zelfmedelijdend"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "word": "selbstmitleidig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "marked by self-pity",
          "word": "självömkande"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-pitying"
}

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      "expansion": "self- + pitying",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + pitying",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more self-pitying",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most self-pitying",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "self-pity"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1986 August 9, Gerardo Maria Cabrera, “The Smiths Turn to Subtle Self-Parody”, in Gay Community News, page 7",
          "text": "Yet The Smiths' hopelessness has also turned listeners off. Their music seems at times too self-indulgent and self-pitying to be taken seriously.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pitying oneself; marked by self-pity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-pity",
          "self-pity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "maudlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "sorry for oneself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sebelítostivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bolestínský"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "word": "selvmedlidende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "word": "zelfmedelijdend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "word": "selbstmitleidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "marked by self-pity",
      "word": "självömkande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-pitying"
}