All 5 Uses of
mortified
in
Catch-22
- Lieutenant Scheisskopf glared at Clevinger with tight lips, mortified by the poor impression Clevinger was making.†
Chpt 8 *
- He winced at the many tortured nights she had spent in the hospital, drugged or in pain, with the ubiquitous, ineradicable odors of ether, fecal matter and disinfectant, of human flesh mortified and decaying amid the white uniforms, the rubbersoled shoes, and the eerie night lights glowing dimly until dawn in the corridors.†
Chpt 16
- He looked downward in mournful gloom at the skeet-shooting range he had ordered built for the officers on his headquarters staff, and he recalled the mortifying afternoon General Dreedle had tongue-lashed him ruthlessly in front of Colonel Korn and Major Danby and ordered him to throw open the range to all the enlisted men and officers on combat duty.†
Chpt 19
- As soon as the latch of the door had clicked shut, the whole humiliating recollection of the naked man in formation came cascading down upon him in a mortifying, choking flood of stinging details.†
Chpt 21
- Nately shook his head, his cheeks darkening with shy and regretful mortification.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated