mortifies
- present tense form of mortify (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“The idea that I’d go out with a recent widower just mortifies me,” Carolyn told THR.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2023
It said the spread of English "demeans and mortifies" Italian and proposed that all public and private bodies had to use the language of Dante to promote their goods and services.
From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2023
Being stalked by an invisible enemy surely mortifies those with an obsessive-compulsive fear of germs, and deepens the distress of many who have experienced waves of uncontrollable anxiety before the epidemic.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2020
Saint-André worries that cases similar to hers are ignored by overenthusiastic doctors – and the thought of patients self-medicating with no professional supervision mortifies her.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2016
I ought to have read more, for I find I don’t know anything, and it mortifies me.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
