Herself

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /hɜːˈsÉ›lf/, /É™sÉ›lf/
• GenAm IPA: /hɝˈsÉ›lf/, /ÉšsÉ›lf/
• Rhymes: -É›lf
• Hyphenation: her + self

Full definition of herself

Pronoun

1. (reflexive) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 17, This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
2. She injured herself.
3. (emphatic) She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.
   She was injured herself.
4. (slang) A self-important female.
   What's herself up to this time?

Anagrams

• flesher