mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
mortifies
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present tense formof mortify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Yet even as the siblings lose their sophistication and their self-control to a degree that mortifies their loved ones, Mr. Kolker sees more than tragedy in his subjects’ second selves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“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
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
