Both Uses of
mortified
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Mortification set in, and they had to amputate him.†
Chpt 32 *
- Yes, it was mortification—that was it.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of mortified including a sense of biological decay, a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship, and (archaically) to be emotionally numbed.