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exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliatedSee a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of mortified including a sense of biological decay, and a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship.
- She was mortified when her father questioned the boy who came to pick her up.
mortified = exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
- The editor was mortified to discover one of her writers had plagiarized in a story.
- If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, "You're shamin' him, Miss Caroline."Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- I'm mortified Shane saw me half undressed.Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry
- The thought alone was mortifying.Sarah Dessen -- Someone Like You
- But when he looked down at the book to read the English translation, he stumbled over the word herb, pronouncing the h. Uncle Sam snorted and Aaron stopped, mortified.Jane Yolen -- The Devils Arithmetic
- I could hide my mortification under it. [a costume]Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- ] VOLP: This is call'd mortifying of a Fox.Ben Jonson -- Volpone
- You would be ready, no doubt, to mortify and scourge yourself for centuries together.Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
- Tracks of unknown creatures in the mortified loess.Cormac McCarthy -- The Road
- It prevents mortification of the flesh.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- My parents would have been mortified if I wore a bathing suit in public.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- Revenges burn in them; for their dear causes Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm Excite the mortified man.William Shakespeare -- Macbeth
- Her dad's words stung in her ears: I am so mortified you're my daughter.Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
- It's mortifying, for both of us.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- Perhaps he was having a good time, but I was mortified.Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
- If one of them had asked, of course, I would have been mortified.Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar
- A scowl of mortification and rage was upon his face.Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
- The niece was now mortified by innumerable chickens, who rushed up to her feet for food, and by a shameless and maternal sow.E.M. Forster -- Howards End
- [mortified] Senor Don Juan: you are uncivil to my friends.George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
mortification = extreme embarrassment
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
mortified = exceedingly embarrassed or humiliated
mortifying = causing extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation
mortified = exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
mortification = extreme embarrassment
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
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