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mortification
UK /ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ US /ˌmoɹtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
becoming, evident, little, stunned
VERB + MORTIFICATION
felt
MORTIFICATION + NOUN
john, sorrow
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
noun
1
The act of mortifying.
2
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
Near-synonym: humiliation
Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.
3
The death of part of the body.
And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.
4
A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5
A bequest to a charitable institution.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or
noun — strong feelings of embarrassment
noun — the localized death of living cells (as from infection or th
- necrosis
- gangrene
- sphacelus
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Near-synonym: humiliation
Wiktionary02
Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.
Wiktionary03
He felt stunned—mortification, sorrow, and anger, mingled together: the past was like a dream, and the future swam indistinctly before him.
Wiktionary04
Anne's mortification was as evident as Gilbert's satisfaction.
Tatoeba · #583159905
To Tom's mortification, John had taken all his vintage action figures out of their boxes.
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