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- DictionaryMor·ti·fy/ˈmôrdəˌfī/
verb
- 1. cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated: "he was suitably mortified by his own idiocy"
- 2. subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline: "they wish to return to heaven by mortifying the flesh"
The meaning of MORTIFIED is feeling or showing strong shame or embarrassment. How to use mortified in a sentence.
adjective. uk / ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪd / us / ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪd / Add to word list. very embarrassed: [ + to infinitive ] She was absolutely mortified to hear her son swearing at the teacher. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. ashamed He was ashamed that he had been caught stealing. embarrassed I was too embarrassed to admit I was wrong.
1. : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame. was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own Jane Austen. 2. : to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort. mortified his body for spiritual purification. 3.
Mortified definition: humiliated, ashamed, or deeply embarrassed. See examples of MORTIFIED used in a sentence.
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. (Definition of mortify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of mortify.
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. (Definition of mortify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of mortify.
You know when you do something so unbearably embarrassing that you just want to shrivel up and die? That’s what it’s like to feel mortified. Which is fitting because the word comes from a root meaning “death.” Things that are humiliating or extremely embarrassing can be described as mortifying.
