self-respecting
self-respecting adjective: having self-respect; having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
Adjective
self-respecting (comparative more self-respecting, superlative most self-respecting)
- Having self-respect; having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
- No self-respecting man would tolerate such an insult.
- Now, when you awfulize you go beyond that and tell yourself, instead “It's horrible, awful and terrible!” You then mean several things, all of which are clearly unprovable and which any self-respecting Martian with an IQ of 100 could easily see through.2010, Michael E. Bernard, Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of Albert Ellis
self-respecting meaning in Urdu and Vietnamese
self-respecting in Urdu
- self-respecting, one with sense of honour
- غیرت مند ġairat mand
self-respecting in Vietnamese
- having self-respect
- tự trọng, tự tôn
Forms of self-respecting
| comparative | more self-respecting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-respecting |
Origin of self-respecting
From self- + respecting.
Questions about self-respecting
- What does self-respecting mean?
- Self-respecting means having self-respect; having pride or knowledge of one's own worth.
- What is self-respecting in Urdu?
- Self-respecting in Urdu is غیرت مند (ġairat mand). See Self-respecting meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is self-respecting?
- Self-respecting is an adjective.
Words near self-respecting in the dictionary
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