Some people find self-harm comforting.
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Self-harm
Synonyms for "self-harm" (7 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
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26 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- самонараняване noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
French
3 entries- automutilation noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- scarification noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- automutiler verb (to injure oneself deliberately)
Georgian
1 entries- თვითდაზიანება noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
German
2 entries- Selbstverletzendes Verhalten noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- Selbstverletzung noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Hindi
2 entries- आत्मक्षति noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- आत्महिंसा noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Japanese
1 entries- 自傷 noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- selvskading noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Polish
2 entries- samookaleczanie noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- samookaleczenie noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Portuguese
2 entries- automutilação noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- automutilar verb (to injure oneself deliberately)
Romanian
2 entries- automutilare noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- automutila verb (to injure oneself deliberately)
Russian
2 entries- самоповрежде́ние noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- селфха́рм noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Spanish
4 entries- autoagresión noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- autolesión noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- automutilación noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
- autolesionarse verb (to injure oneself deliberately)
Swedish
1 entries- självskada noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Ukrainian
1 entries- селфхарм noun (deliberate injuring of oneself)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Self-harm is difficult to understand if you've never felt the need to practice it.
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Self-harm is often regarded as an indicator of insanity.
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She resorted to self-harm in an attempt to convert her emotional pain into physical pain, expecting that the latter would be more tolerable.
Source: tatoeba (4056650)
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