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adjective
- 1. causing great embarrassment or shame: "how mortifying to find that he was right"
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The meaning of MORTIFYING is causing feelings of strong shame or embarrassment. How to use mortifying in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ / us / ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ.ɪŋ / Add to word list. very embarrassing: Catching head lice from your kids is a mortifying experience. Synonyms. demeaning. humiliating. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ashamed and embarrassed. abashed. ashamed. awkwardly. guiltily. guiltiness. hangdog. have egg on your face idiom.
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 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. mortify.
Definition of mortifying adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. undignified. lacking dignity. Cite this entry. Style:
verb. tr to humiliate or cause to feel shame. tr Christianity to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc. intr to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous.
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.
/ˈmɔtɪfaɪ/ IPA guide. Other forms: mortified; mortifying; mortifies. To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did. The root of the verb mortify is from the Latin word mors, which means “death.”
If you say that something is mortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
