mortificationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɔː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɔːr.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/a feeling of being very embarrassed:
To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performer withdrew at the last minute.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- awkwardly
- embarrassed
- hangdog
- have egg on your face idiom
- humble
- know
- look
- look sb in the eye/face idiom
- meet
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortify
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
- sheepish
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Idiom(s)
mortification of the flesh