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[ + to infinitive] She was absolutely mortified to hear her son swearing at the teacher. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples ashamed
The meaning of MORTIFIED is feeling or showing strong shame or embarrassment. How to use mortified in a sentence.
Contents. MORTIFY definition: 1. to make someone very embarrassed: 2. to make someone very embarrassed: 3. to cause someone to…. Learn more.
Mortified definition: humiliated, ashamed, or deeply embarrassed. See examples of MORTIFIED used in a sentence.
If you say that someone is mortified, you mean that they feel extremely offended, ashamed, or embarrassed. If I reduced somebody to tears I'd be mortified. More Synonyms of mortified. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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
You're mortified when you're so ashamed or embarrassed that you wish you could just shrivel up and die — kind of like mortified flesh, actually. Though people get embarrassed often, being mortified is a little more rare and a lot more severe.
mor·ti·fy. (môr′tə-fī′) v. mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fies. v.tr. 1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride. 2. To discipline (one's of the body and the appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially for religious reasons. v.intr.
Synonyms for MORTIFIED: upset, irritated, aggravated, perturbed, chagrined, bothered, nonplussed, nervous; Antonyms of MORTIFIED: collected, composed, confident, unperturbed, undisturbed, assured, calm, cool.
mor•ti•fy (môr′ tə fī′), v., -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. Pathology to affect with gangrene or necrosis. v.i.
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