mortified

mortify /'mɔ:tifai/
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    Xem thêm: gangrenous, embarrassed, humiliated, subdue, cricify, humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase, necrose, gangrene, sphacelate



    mortified

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • suffering from tissue death; gangrenous
    • made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; embarrassed, humiliated

      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

      v.

    • practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
    • hold within limits and control; subdue, cricify

      subdue one's appetites

      mortify the flesh

    • cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase

      He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

    • undergo necrosis; necrose, gangrene, sphacelate

      the tissue around the wound necrosed

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    mortifies|mortified|mortifying
    syn.: disgrace embarrass humiliate shame wound