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Mortified

adjective

1.

Suffering from tissue death. Synonym: gangrenous.

2.

Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride. Synonyms: embarrassed, humiliated. "Humiliated that his wife had to go out to work" , "Felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"

Mortify

verb

(past & past part. mortified; pres. part. mortifying)

1.

Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.

2.

Hold within limits and control. Synonyms: crucify, subdue. "Mortify the flesh"

3.

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate.

4.

Undergo necrosis. Synonyms: gangrene, necrose, sphacelate.

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"Mortified" Quotes from Famous Books

... shedding the blood of the king. His name stood at the head of the commissioners: he attended at the first meeting, in which no business was transacted, but he constantly refused to be present at their subsequent sittings, or to subscribe his name to their resolutions.[A] This conduct surprised and mortified the Independents: it probably arose from the influence of his wife, ...

— The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans - to the Accession of King George the Fifth - Volume 8 • John Lingard and Hilaire Belloc

... earthly happiness, with an eager desire for intellectual pursuits, and a thorough contempt for the trifles I was engaged in. Often during this period have I returned home, sick of the frivolous beings I had been with, mortified at my own folly, and weary of the ball-room and its gilded toys. Night after night, as I glittered now in this gay scene, now in that, my soul has been disturbed by the query, 'Where are the talents committed to thy charge?' But the intrusive ...

— The Grimke Sisters - Sarah and Angelina Grimke: The First American Women Advocates of - Abolition and Woman's Rights • Catherine H. Birney

... mortified the religious of St. Francis; on account of regarding them as favorable to the royal patronage, he forbade them [to celebrate] the feast of the tears of that saint, and he has not granted them many permissions which ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898--Volume 39 of 55 • Various

... well, he was free to work hard on the side of the angels wherever opportunity might offer; yet he had wasted all these weeks upon an unnecessary holiday, frittering the time away in enjoyment with the children. He felt ashamed and mortified as the meagre record stared ...

— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood

... what I should mind the most." It was the youngest daughter speaking again. "I've been with mother when she has made remarks about the patients in the hospital, loud enough for them to hear, and I was so mortified I wanted to sink through the floor, And you simply can't shut mother up. Of course she doesn't realize how it sounds; she doesn't believe they hear her, but I know they do. I wonder how mother would like to ...

— The Primrose Ring • Ruth Sawyer

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