self-harm

English

Self inflicted cuts on the forearm

Etymology

From self- +‎ harm

Noun

self-harm (uncountable)

1. The deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one's body.

Synonyms

• self-injury
• self-mutilation
• SH

Related terms

• self-harmer

Translations

deliberate injuring of one's body

• German: Selbstverletzung f, Selbstverletzendes Verhalten n
• Japanese: 自傷 (じしょう, jishō)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvskading m or f

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• Polish: samookaleczanie n, samookaleczenie (pl) n
• Spanish: autolesión f, autoagresión f

Verb

self-harm (third-person singular simple present self-harms, present participle self-harming, simple past and past participle self-harmed)

1. To harm oneself deliberately.

Anagrams

• halfmers