"mortified" in the verb sense
1. mortify
practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
2. mortify, subdue, crucify
hold within limits and control
"subdue one's appetites"
"mortify the flesh"
3. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
cause to feel shame hurt the pride of
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
4. necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
undergo necrosis
"the tissue around the wound necrosed"
"mortified" in the adjective sense
1. gangrenous, mortified
suffering from tissue death
2. embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
"too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"
"humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"
"felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
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