self-torment

self-torment
self-tormented, adj.self-tormenting, adj.self-tormentingly, adv.self-tormentor, n.
/self"tawr"ment, self'-/, n.
an act or instance of tormenting oneself, as with worry or guilt.
[1640-50]

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