Both Uses of
mortified
in
David Copperfield
- At these times, Mr. Micawber would be transported with grief and mortification, even to the length (as I was once made aware by a scream from his wife) of making motions at himself with a razor; but within half-an-hour afterwards, he would polish up his shoes with extraordinary pains, and go out, humming a tune with a greater air of gentility than ever.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- He was a coward, from head to foot; and showed his dastardly nature through his sullenness and mortification, as much as at any time of his mean life.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
-
(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated