Mortified

/ˈmɔːtəˌfaɪd/

adjective

  1. Acutely embarrassed.

verb

  1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

    Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.

  2. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.

    I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.

  3. To kill.

Synonyms: macerate, demean, humiliate, shame

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