mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
are mortifying
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present progressiveof mortify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The infirmities of old age are mortifying; because a comparison with the young may take place.
From An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by David Hume
The diseased satisfaction which some minds feel in laying burdens on themselves, is a pampering, little as they may suspect it, of the most dangerous appetite of that self which they think they are mortifying.
From Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. by George MacDonald
Particular acts of the Government—especially acts which are mortifying to the pride of caste naturally felt by an Englishman in India—are often angrily condemned by these persons.
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan
"I am to understand, then," said Lucinda, "that you are mortifying me by a refusal."
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie
“I have learned many things by being a doctor's wife, very many things, but what to do with a leg and foot that are mortifying I really could not tell you.”
From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh
