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noun
- 1. great embarrassment and shame: "they mistook my mortification for an admission of guilt" Similar
- 2. the action of subduing one's bodily desires: "mortification of the flesh has a long tradition in some religions"
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The meaning of MORTIFICATION is a sense of humiliation and shame caused by something that wounds one's pride or self-respect. How to use mortification in a sentence.
a feeling of being very embarrassed: To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performer withdrew at the last minute. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ashamed and embarrassed. abashed. ashamed. awkwardly. guiltily. guiltiness. hangdog. have egg on your face idiom. humbling. mortifying. not know where to put yourself idiom.
Definition of mortification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. a mortifying or being mortified. ; specif., a. the control of physical desires and passions by self-denial, fasting, etc. b. shame, humiliation, etc.; loss of self-respect. 2. something causing shame, humiliation, etc.
Mortification is the feeling of being completely humiliated. The word mortification has its roots in the Latin word for "death," mors. The original meaning of mortification was religious; in Christianity the meaning is "putting your sin to death".
Mortification definition: a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.. See examples of MORTIFICATION used in a sentence.
Something causing shame, humiliation, etc. Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons. Gangrene. Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
