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What (who) is mortifying - definition
mortifying
If you say that something is mortifying, you mean that it makes you feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed.
She felt it would be utterly mortifying to be seen in such company as his by anyone.
ADJ
Mortifying
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Mortify.
II. Mortifying ·adj Subduing the appetites, desires, ·etc.; as, mortifying penances.
III. Mortifying ·adj Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.
IV. Mortifying ·adj Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.
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If you say that someone is mortified, you mean that they feel extremely offended, ashamed, or embarrassed.
If I reduced somebody to tears I'd be mortified.
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Examples of use of mortifying
1. The whole experience had been "utterly mortifying", he said.
2. But there have been some mortifying blunders, too.
3. Prezza in panto For poor old Two Jags it must be truly mortifying.
4. I think that‘s changing." The change coincided with a flurry of mortifying publicity.
5. It didn‘t matter much to us kids but for my mother it was mortifying.