Both Uses of
mortified
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Oh, auntie, my sore toe's mortified!†
Chpt 6 *
- The boy felt a little foolish, and he said: "Aunt Polly, it SEEMED mortified, and it hurt so I never minded my tooth at all."†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of mortified including a sense of biological decay, a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship, and (archaically) to be emotionally numbed.