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- Dictionarymortification/ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
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.
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.
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".
Definition of mortification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. a cause or source of such a feeling. 3. the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will. 4. the death of one part of a live body; gangrene; necrosis.
