All 6 Uses of
mortified
in
The Age of Innocence
- He knew that the southern races communicated with each other in the language of pantomime, and was mortified to find her shrugs and smiles so unintelligible.†
Chpt 9 *
- It was odd to have summoned him in that way, and then forgotten him; but Archer felt more curious than mortified.†
Chpt 9
- This unexpected silence mortified him beyond reason, and though the next morning he saw a glorious cluster of yellow roses behind a florist's window-pane, he left it there.†
Chpt 14
- They had simply, as Mrs. Welland said, "let poor Ellen find her own level"—and that, mortifyingly and incomprehensibly, was in the dim depths where the Blenkers prevailed, and "people who wrote" celebrated their untidy rites.†
Chpt 26
- And then, suddenly, he saw Madame Olenska's pale and surprised face close at hand, and had again the mortified sensation of having forgotten what she looked like.†
Chpt 29
- It had kept him from writing to her, or betraying, by any sign or act, his misery and mortification.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated