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adjective
- 1. causing great embarrassment or shame: "how mortifying to find that he was right"
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adjective. uk / ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ / us / ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. Add to word list. very embarrassing: Catching head lice from your kids is a mortifying experience. Synonyms. demeaning. humiliating.
The meaning of MORTIFYING is causing feelings of strong shame or embarrassment. How to use mortifying in a sentence.
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. (Definition of mortify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of mortify.
1. : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame. was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own Jane Austen. 2. : to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort. mortified his body for spiritual purification. 3.
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. Synonyms: abase, humble. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. Synonyms: restrain, subdue. Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis. verb (used without object) , mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.
Definition of mortifying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To discipline (one's of the body and the appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially for religious reasons. v.intr. 1. To practice mortification of the body and its appetites. 2. To undergo mortification; become gangrenous.
If you say that something is mortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
adjective. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation. “it was mortifying to know he had heard every word”. synonyms: embarrassing. unpleasant. disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings. adjective. causing awareness of your shortcomings. synonyms: demeaning, humbling, humiliating.
Definition of mortify verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
