mortifying

mortifying /'mɔ:tifaiiɳ/
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Xem thêm: embarrassing, demeaning, humbling, humiliating, subdue, cricify, humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase, necrose, gangrene, sphacelate



mortifying

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; embarrassing

    the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles

    it was mortifying to know he had heard every word

  • causing awareness of your shortcomings; demeaning, humbling, humiliating

    golf is a humbling game

    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