Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
mortify . - adjective Deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mortify .
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- adjective made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
- adjective suffering from tissue death
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Examples
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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.
Reading Session Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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The word mortified sounded like you'd gone to granite, like you couldn't move to save your soul.
Nineteen Minutes Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2007
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It is the wisdom of those who desire to have their sin mortified to make a good use of reproaches that come from ill will, and to turn them into reproofs.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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I have a real regard for him, and was beyond expression mortified to find it, as I thought, so ill bestowed We were both warm, and of course both to blame.
Lady Susan 2002
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I have a real regard for him, and was beyond expression mortified to find it, as I thought, so ill bestowed We were both warm, and of course both to blame.
Lady Susan Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 1892
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I have a real regard for him, and was beyond expression mortified to find it, as I thought, so ill bestowed We were both warm, and of course both to blame.
Lady Susan Jane Austen 1796
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"mortified" - as emotional memorial services to the dead were held in Whitehaven and
News round-up 2010
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Google "mortified" it collected e-mail, URLS, passwords from Wi-Fi networks
Group gives Obama administration poor grades on Internet privacy Cecilia Kang 2010
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And while Google said it was "mortified" by its discovery, apologized again, and announced some measures to beef up privacy awareness within its ranks, the admission could expose the company to greater global scrutiny, fines and potential lawsuits, experts said.
Google 'mortified' that Street View cars scarfed up e-mail, passwords; privacy criticism intensifies Cecilia Kang 2010
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Google "mortified" Street View cars collected email, URLs, passwords; new regulatory scrutiny around globe
Video: Google CEO on Street View Cecilia Kang 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word mortified
But family pride
Must be denied
And set aside
And mortified...
-- W.S. Gilbert, The Mikado
August 21, 2008