All 6 Uses of
mortified
in
Bleak House
- Ve-ry mortifying, is it not?†
Chpt 4-6 *
- "My friends," says Mr. Chadband with his persecuted chin folding itself into its fat smile again as he looks round, "it is right that I should be humbled, it is right that I should be tried, it is right that I should be mortified, it is right that I should be corrected.†
Chpt 19-21
- We went in and found Richard, whom we had last seen in high spirits, leaning on the chimney-piece looking mortified and angry.†
Chpt 22-24
- CHAPTER XXIX The Young Man Chesney Wold is shut up, carpets are rolled into great scrolls in corners of comfortless rooms, bright damask does penance in brown holland, carving and gilding puts on mortification, and the Dedlock ancestors retire from the light of day again.†
Chpt 28-30
- In all these proceedings Mr. Guppy has so slight a part, except when he gives his evidence, that he is moved on like a private individual and can only haunt the secret house on the outside, where he has the mortification of seeing Mr. Smallweed padlocking the door, and of bitterly knowing himself to be shut out.†
Chpt 31-33
- I have heard that Mrs. Jellyby was understood to suffer great mortification from her daughter's ignoble marriage and pursuits, but I hope she got over it in time.†
Chpt 66-67
Definition:
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(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated