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mortified
[ mawr-tuh-fahyd ]
adjective
- 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.
- Pathology. affected with gangrene or necrosis:
The removal of mortified tissue from wounds enables faster healing.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of mortify ( def ).
Other 51Թ Forms
- ǰ·پ·ھ· [mawr, -t, uh, -fahyd-lee, mawr-t, uh, -, fahy, -id-lee], adverb
- ܲ·ǰ·پ·ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mortified1
Example Sentences
She said: "I was mortified, I was embarrassed, I started crying. But he was really supportive and kind."
She feels complete "shame" and is "mortified" at the danger she placed herself in.
I was both mortified and bemused, curious about who would pay good money to spread such obvious nonsense.
"I was mortified, I was so embarrassed because I didn't know the people well at that stage, so it was so humiliating," she said.
From that point Boulter showed tremendous fight to claw back the deficit, but the 28-year-old was then mortified to put a volley into the net at 30-30 in the ninth game.
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