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mortified

[ mawr-tuh-fahyd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

humiliated, ashamed, or deeply embarrassed:
Sternly lectured by the principal in front of her friends, my daughter felt suitably mortified and hopefully will never do such a thing again.
Pathology. affected with gangrene or necrosis:
The removal of mortified tissue from wounds enables faster healing.

mor·ti·fied·ly [mawr, -t, uh, -fahyd-lee, mawr-t, uh, -, fahy, -id-lee], adverb
un·mor·ti·fied adjective

We can only assume that he was, as you would expect him to be, mortified by his own inability to keep his charges under control.

I was mortified and ended up wiping the makeup off my face as soon as I got a chance.

Would you be mortified if someone did that to you in real life?

Snowden was mortified by the reaction, said Wizner and others.

There are many Sinhalese Buddhists who are mortified by the turn their country has taken under the Rajapaksas.

"Then I think it was your duty to have first consulted me, Lady Maude," he said, feeling deeply mortified.

They walked silently down the lane together, Gilbert sullen and mortified, Dorothy pitying but resolute.

He sat down again, ashamed, mortified, angry with himself for behaving like a fool and a boy.

The tone constituted a rebuff, and Rita's coquetry deserted her, leaving her mortified and piqued.

His prudence mortified her to such a degree that on one occasion she went into fits.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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