self-sacrificing
self-sacrificing adjective: making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice. Also the present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice.
Adjective
self-sacrificing (comparative more self-sacrificing, superlative most self-sacrificing)
- Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
- Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous.
- It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the...1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709
- Synonyms:
- self-abnegatory, self-denying, abstemious, otherish, selfless, self-flagellatory, unselfish
Also used as
self-sacrificing is also the present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice.
Synonyms of self-sacrificing
Forms of self-sacrificing
| comparative | more self-sacrificing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-sacrificing |
Origin of self-sacrificing
From self- + sacrificing.
Words formed from self-sacrificing
Questions about self-sacrificing
- What does self-sacrificing mean?
- Self-sacrificing means making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
- What part of speech is self-sacrificing?
- Self-sacrificing is an adjective.
Words near self-sacrificing in the dictionary
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