Seeksorrow
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
"In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yale literary magazine had written him asking if he thought things were going to get worse […]"
Example
More examples"In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yale literary magazine had written him asking if he thought things were going to get worse […]"
Etymology
From seek + sorrow.
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