Definitions for ourselves

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ourselves our·selves

Spelling: [ahr-selvz, ouuh r-, ou-er-]

IPA: /ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər-/

Ourselves is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in ourselves (eelorssuv).

Definitions for ourselves

pronoun

1. (used as an intensive of me or I):
2. (used reflexively in place of me as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb):
3. Informal. (used in place of I or me, especially in compound subjects, objects, and complements):
4. (used in place of I or me after as, than, or but):
5. my normal or customary self:

plural pronoun

1. a reflexive form of we (used as the direct or indirect object of a verb or the direct object of a preposition):
2. (used as an intensive with we):
3. Informal. (used in place of we or us, especially in compound subjects, objects, and complements):
4. (used in place of we or us after as, than, or but):
5. our customary, normal, or healthy selves:

Origin of ourselves

1300-50; Middle English oure selven; see our, self, -en⁴, -s³

Examples for ourselves

There obtained just sufficient water for ourselves and the horses.

Expectations, reasonable or unrealistic, remain so even if we impose them on ourselves.

Cheat, in other words—on God, on our fellow man, ultimately, on ourselves.

"Flattery to ourselves does not change the nature of what is wrong," answered Philothea.

We camped for the night without water for ourselves or horses.

But we are afraid and we wonder to ourselves who will be next.

We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.

The haughtiness of others can never make us angry, if we ourselves are humble.

We'll use a part of them ourselves, and what we can't use I will give away.

It turns out that was really a wish to be a better version of ourselves.