Definition of MYSELF

myself

Pron

  • Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
  • Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
  • In my normal state of body or mind.
  • Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
  • I (as the subject of a verb).
  • my name is...

Pronoun

  • The reflexive form of the first person singular pronoun "I."

Examples

  • (I) don’t think much of your new car, myself.
  • Give the ball to John or myself.
  • I feel like myself.
  • I myself have witnessed the event.
  • I often find myself pondering why "Q" without "U" is so rare in Words With Friends.
  • I taught myself.
  • My wife and myself want to go on vacation.
  • Myself John.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

Synonyms

me

Scrabble Score: 14

myself: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
myself: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
myself: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

myself: valid Words With Friends Word