MYSELF

Definition: MYSELF

MYSELF

Pronoun

1. I or me in person; -- used for emphasis, my own self or person; as I myself will do it; I have done it myself; -- used also instead of me, as the object of the first person of a reflexive verb, without emphasis; as, I will defend myself.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "MYSELF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Agency

Phrase: "I myself must mix with action lest I wither by despair".

Enemy

With friends like that, who needs enemies?; Lord protect me from my friends; I can protect myself from my enemies.

Immateriality

Personality; I, myself, me; ego, spirit. (soul); astral body; immaterialism; spiritualism, spiritualist.

Speciality

I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself.

Crosswords: MYSELF

Afrikaan (myself).

It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever matter (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Farewell, Ethel Barrymore, I must tear myself from your side (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I couldn't have put it better myself, Jan. But I'll try anyway (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner)

Well, yeah, but I never tried shooting myself in the head neither (The African Queen; writing credit: C.S. Forester; James Agee)

I like to read a lot myself. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

I love myself I want you to love me (I TOUCH MYSELF; performing artist: Divinyls)

And I find myself wond'ring in the rain (Living Inside Myself; performing artist: Gino Vannelli)

Just me, myself and I (Me, Myself and I; performing artist: Vitamin C)

I'm throwing myself off this train (The Dean And I; performing artist: 10CC)

That I never wanna get myself free (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special)

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. (references; author: Mark Twain)

As I said before, I never repeat myself. (references; author: unknown)

My biggest problem is that I believe almost everything I tell myself. (references; author: unknown)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974)

Me Myself and I (1967)

I'll Build It Myself (1946)

All by Myself (1943)

Myself (1917)

Living Inside Myself (performing artist: Gino Vannelli)

Me Myself And I (performing artist: Jive Jones)

I Hate Myself For Loving You (performing artist: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)

I Drive Myself Crazy (performing artist: 'N Sync)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter (performing artist: Madeleine Peyroux)

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Books

• Notes to Myself (reference)

• Sewing Machine Fun (I'll Teach Myself : 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Me Myself I (reference)

• Me, Myself & Irene (reference)

• All By Myself, "Getting Dressed" Volume 1 (reference)

• Ramma 1/2 Martial Mayhem - My Kagemusha, Myself (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• All By Myself (reference)

• Knockin Myself Out: The Blues Collection [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

• Myself When I Am Real (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• My Body, Myself (DVD) (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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I couldn't bring myself to break in on the poor things. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sent General Vega and myself to select positions for the artillery. Credit: Library of Congress.

I've always been one to keep myself to myself and it's only the second day out ... Credit: Library of Congress.

"For once, I am going to say for myself what I have in my mind.". Credit: Library of Congress.

Bernard and Huey. #3, I got nothing against feminists, Bernard--I'm a feminist myself / Jules Feiffer. Credit: Library of Congress.

Me and the old gent. "The old gent and myself," only two-man labor-management war production drive committee in the United States. Jake Sparling, left, sixty-year-old head of Sparling Pulley Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan, and Percy Fogelsonger. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chums "When I really began to admire you, my friend, was when you pulled that Lusitania job : When you did that, I said to myself - 'There's a man after my own heart!'". Credit: Library of Congress.

I do not refer to myself as a housewife for the reason that I did not marry a house. Credit: Library of Congress.

I am a woman giving birth to myself. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Earth and myself are of one mind. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nor does it at all alter the case to say, I gave my promise, no more than it excuses the force, and passes the right, when I put my hand in my pocket, and deliver my purse myself to a thief, who demands it with a pistol at my breast. (Second Treatise of Government)

Let me, however, make it clear that I have no official mission or status of any kind, and that I speak only for myself. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I should myself have shrunk from any thing so hasty, and she would have felt every scruple of mine with multiplied strength and refinement

I have studied it, myself, a little

I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares

This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty

When I was a young fellow I tell you I enjoyed myself.

Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman, Of these supposed crimes to give me leave By circumstance but to acquit myself.

I done it myself.

I now observed myself to be less terrified than I had been in the morning

But to confine myself to those who are said to be in moderate circumstances

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They were in continuous motion, animated, as if driven by an inner restlessness . . . . Even worse than these demonic transformations of the outer world were the alterations that I perceived in myself, in my inner being. (references)

Not only do I still wake up hot sometimes during the night, but I also find myself flushed and sweating at times during the day. I would turn the heat down, except the rest of my family think the house is already cold. And I can never predict when my period is coming. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "MYSELF": by myself ♦ do i take myself understood? ♦ for myself ♦ i can manage by myself ♦ i can protect myself from my enemies ♦ i myself ♦ i will take this myself ♦ i write myself your most obedient servant ♦ myself and my brother ♦ on behalf of my colleagues and myself ♦ speaking for myself. Additional references.

Beginning with "MYSELF": myself-as-child-and-adolescent, myself-as-mortal, myself-as-sexual-being, myself-i, myself-king, myself-knew, myself-that, myself-to, myself-was, myself-who.

Containing "MYSELF": me-myself-i, taught-myself-with-mothers-clothesline-brigade.

Afrikaans

myself. (various references)

Albanian

vetë (by oneself, herself, himself, in person, itself, mouth, oneself, ourselves, person, personally, piece, themselves, thyself, yourself), unë vetë, ti vetë (thyself, yourself), ne vetë (ourselves). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفسي (psychic, psychological, psychosomatic, self), ‏حالتي, ‏تحدثت اليه بنفسي, ‏أنا (me, self). (various references)

Bulgarian 

себе си (herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves), аз самият. (various references)

Catalan

em (to me). (various references)

Chinese 

我自己 . (various references)

Czech

se (each other, herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, with, yourself). (various references)

Danish

mig (me). (various references)

Dutch

mezelf. (various references)

Esperanto

min mem. (various references)

Farsi 

من خودم , خودم (Own), شخص خودم . (various references)

Finnish

itse (herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

French

me. (various references)

German

selbst (even, her, herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, yourself, yourselves). (various references)

Greek 

εγώ ο ίδιοσ, εγώ ο ίδιος, ο εαυτός μου. (various references)

Hebrew 

עצמי (own, self), בעצמי. (various references)

Hungarian

magamat, saját magam, engem (me), önmagamat, én magam. (various references)

Italian

mi (for me, me, to me). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

自分　 (oneself), 自分 (oneself), 私自身 , 私 (I, private affairs), 我が身 (oneself). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

わたくしじしん, わたくし (I, private affairs), わたし (delivery, ferry, I, private affairs), わがみ (oneself), じぶん (hour, modern literature, oneself, season, time, time of the year). (various references)

Korean 

나 자신. (various references)

Luxembourgish

mech (I, me). (various references)

Malagasy

tena (very + myself). (various references)

Manx

mee-hene. (various references)

Pig Latin

yselfmay.(various references)

Portuguese

eu mesmo. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

me (for me, me, to me). (various references)

Romanian

mã (me). (various references)

Russian 

собой (herself, himself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), себя (herself, himself, itself, me, oneself, ourselves, self, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), себе (herself, himself, itself, oneself, ourselves, themselves, us, yourself, yourselves), сама (alone, herself, itself, self, thyself, yourself), сам (alone, himself, itself, self, the very, thyself, yourself), мсам себя себя самого я. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sobom (himself, oneself, ourself, themselves), sebi (oneself, ourself, themselves), sebe (himself, itself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, themselves, yourself), se (itself, oneself, ourself, themselves, yourself), sam (alone, by himself, mere, mono-, oneself, self, very, yourself). (various references)

Spanish

me (for me, for myself, from me, I, me, mi, mine, to me). (various references)

Swedish

mig (me, us), själv (by itself, herself, himself, itself, on one's own, oneself, self, very, yourself, yuorself....). (various references)

Thai

ตัวของฉัน. (various references)

Turkish

kendim (my own self), bizzat (herself, himself, in person, itself, personally), ben (beauty spot, ego, i, mole, nevus). (various references)

Turkmen 

цzьm. (various references)

Ukrainian

собі (herself, itself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves), себе (herself, him, himself, itself, oneself, ourself, ourselves, them, themselves, thyself, us, yourself, yourselves), сам (alone, by himself, himself, itself, oneself, self, yourself), один (alone, by himself, by oneself, certain, one, only begotten). (various references)

Welsh

myfi (I, me). (various references)

ego, idumei, me, mecum, mecumque, mei, meique, memet, mene, mihi, mihimet, mihique, pigmei. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"MYSELF" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: maself, Micaleff, minself, misef, misel, Misell, Mizell, m'self, myel, mykel, myse, mysel, myselfe, myselft, myselve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fleys, ylems.

-2 letters: elms, elmy, emfs, fems, fley, leys, lyes, lyse, mels, self, ylem.

-3 letters: efs, elf, elm, els, emf, ems, fem, fey, fly, ley, lye, mel, sel, sly, yes.

-4 letters: ef, el, em, es, me, my, ye.

+2 letters: emulsify, mayflies.

+3 letters: damselfly, fulsomely, solemnify.

+4 letters: fearsomely, formlessly, manifestly, mayflowers, shamefully, stepfamily.

+5 letters: emulsifying, masterfully, superfamily.