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mortified
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Anna and the French Kiss
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- He stiffens, and I'm mortified.†
p. 169.9 *
- Which not only hurts but also mortifies us both equally.†
p. 193.7
- I jabber to cover my mortification.†
p. 204.9
- I shrink back in mortification.†
p. 294.2
- "Mortifying," he says.†
p. 306.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortified as in: felt mortified) extremely embarrassed and ashamed—so humiliated that pride feels wounded.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) a sense of biological decay; or a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship; or (archaically) to be emotionally numbed