mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
were mortifying
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past progressiveof mortify.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Reviews of Mailer's extended meditation on the Egyptian book of the dead were mortifying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
Cartoons were great, music was great, the trends were mortifying.
From Time ● Aug. 26, 2014
"Emerald," said I. "It looks as if it were mortifying."
From From a Bench in Our Square by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Such alternatives were mortifying to consider, but his girls must be protected from harm at any cost.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Our gracious Father preserved us in an humble Dependence on him through deep Exercises, that were mortifying to the creaturely Will.
From John Woolman's Journal by John Woolman
