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mortified

The word “mortified” has 3 syllables: mor-ti-fied

It's pronounced as /ˈmɔrtɪˌfaɪd/

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Synonyms for mortified

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Meanings of mortified

  • adjective
    1. Acutely embarrassed.
  • verb
    1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
    2. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
    3. To kill.
    4. To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
    5. To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
    6. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
    7. To grant in mortmain.
    8. To lose vitality.
    9. To gangrene.
    10. To be subdued.

Example Sentences

  • She was mortified when she realized she had been speaking with spinach in her teeth.
  • He felt mortified after tripping on stage during the performance.
  • The student was mortified by the low grade on the exam.
  • She was mortified to hear her private conversation broadcast on the radio.
  • He was mortified when he accidentally sent the email to the wrong person.

On this page you'll find 277 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to mortified, such as: abashed, afraid, aggravated, aggressive, agitated, alarmed, alive.

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