martyred
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmartyredmar‧tyred /ˈmɑːtəd $ ˈmɑːrtərd/ adjective → a martyred look/expression/air etcExamples from the Corpusmartyred• He did not reply, but got into the car glumly, with a martyred air.• The taste was too strong, and brought the memories of martyred animals into her mind.• She was a small, emaciated mouse who wore a perpetually martyred expression.• I gave the money to a thankfully dumb-struck fiddle-player on Sauchiehall Street and walked away feeling like some sort of martyred saint.• He claims the Bishop justified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints.• A parade of martyred scientists would show by whose hands the real errors had been committed.