mortified

[mawr-tuh-fahyd]

adjective

1. 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.

2. Pathology.,  affected with gangrene or necrosis.

   The removal of mortified tissue from wounds enables faster healing.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mortify.

Other Word Forms

• mortifiedly adverb
• unmortified adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortified¹

mortify ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“I’m just mortified that this is America right now,” said Ingstrup, who described herself as an independent voter.

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"She was mortified, she really was, so I felt terrible for her."

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We gave in to my husband and allowed pineapple and jalapeños on half although we were mortified.

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"I began ticcing and shouting and I was absolutely mortified," John says.

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"With police tents all around it, it looked more like a murder scene than the place of safety it had always been for me. I was devastated, mortified, confused and terrified."

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