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meself

[ˌmiˈsɛlf]

meself is the alternative form of myself.

Meaning of myself

Pronoun

myself (reflexive case of I)

  1. (pronoun, reflexive) Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
    • I taught myself.
  2. Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
    • I myself have witnessed the event.
  3. In my normal state of body or mind.
    • I feel like myself.
  4. (proscribed) Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
    • Give the ball to John or myself.
  5. (archaic, proscribed) I (as the subject of a verb).
    • My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
  6. (India, Pakistan, nonstandard) my name is...
    • Myself John.

Origin of meself

From me + -self.

Words that rhyme with meself

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Questions about meself

What is meself the alternative form of?
Meself is the alternative form of myself.
How do you pronounce meself?
Meself is pronounced [ˌmiˈsɛlf].

Words near meself in the dictionary

  1. meseems
  2. mesel
  3. mesele
  4. Meselefors
  5. meseles
  6. meself
  7. mesell
  8. mesells
  9. mesels
  10. mesem
  11. mesemb

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Adapted from Wiktionary: meself (page history and authors); myself (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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