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Mortified

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v. Simple past tense and past participle of mortify.

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imp. & p. p. of mortify.

adj. Deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated.

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adj. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

adj. suffering from tissue death

Word Usage

"I seem to recall reading that Ravel did something similar on purpose, omitting the composers 'names from a concert program and then sitting in mortified amusement as the pro-Ravel claque unwittingly booed his own piece."

Equivalent

ashamed unhealthy

Variant

mortify

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

dead gangrenous

Verb Stem

mortify

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

fortified

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

half-ashamed sorry-looking uncrowned woe-begone granite-topped hard-breathing new-raised shamefaced demonly overcareful