mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
mortifyingly
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a word derived from
mortify.
Example Sentences
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In other words, it’s mortifyingly, confoundingly singular — and, for him at least, unknowable.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
Their scorched-earth/savior dynamic quickly spirals, and somewhat mortifyingly, they are not alone.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
I was so frustrated that I started — mortifyingly enough — crying at the bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2018
In particular, its depiction of the classes its titular contract killer takes feels mortifyingly familiar, a specific and ever-so-slightly exaggerated version of the real, desperate thing.
From Slate ● May 1, 2018
It is mortifyingly true; no one is so ignorantly indifferent to everything outside his or her own personal concern as the socially fashionable New Yorker, unless it is the Londoner!
From Etiquette by Emily Post
