mortifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˈmɔːr.t̬ə.faɪ/to make someone very embarrassed:
The thought of the incident still mortified her.
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
- mortified
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
- sheepish
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