mortification

[US]/ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
[UK]/ˌmɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. humiliation; self-denial; [Medicine] gangrene.

Example Sentences

She felt a deep sense of mortification after realizing her mistake.

His mortification was evident when he tripped and fell in front of everyone.

The public humiliation caused him great mortification and embarrassment.

She tried to hide her mortification behind a forced smile.

He couldn't bear the mortification of being rejected by his crush.

Her face turned red with mortification when she realized she had been talking loudly in a quiet library.

The mortification of losing the competition was hard to bear for him.

He felt a deep sense of mortification at having to ask for help.

The mortification of being caught cheating on the test was overwhelming for him.

She experienced a moment of mortification when she realized her fly was open in a public setting.

Real-world Examples

To be exposed to all the mortifications of shame and infamy!

Source: Monk (Part 2)

A good one excites envy, and entails upon its Author a thousand mortifications.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

Rosamond's cheeks by this time were persistently burning, and she felt much mortification.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Two)

Perhaps she had seen Gino, and they had prepared some elaborate mortification for the Herritons.

Source: The places where angels dare not tread.

It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her.

Source: Returning Home

A blush of mortification swept over her.

Source: Summer

Catherine, in deep mortification, proceeded on her way.

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

Catherine, with a blush of mortification, left the house.

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

His face was red with mortification.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 1)

In Christianity, this used to be called mortification of the flesh.

Source: The Power of Now

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