| 单词 | mortified |
| 释义 | mortified (once / 1842 pages) 1adj 2adj To be mortified is to be extremely embarrassed. If your pants fell down in class, you'd be mortified. In science, mortified describes body tissue that's severely decayed. But the most common meaning of this word has to do with hurt feelings, not rotting flesh. You're mortified when you're so ashamed or embarrassed that you wish you could just shrivel up and die — kind of like mortified flesh, actually. Though people get embarrassed often, being mortified is a little more rare and a lot more severe. It means about the same as humiliated. WORD FAMILYmortified: mortifiedly+/mortification: mortifications, self-mortification/mortify: mortification, mortified, mortifies, mortifying/mortifying: mortifyingly USAGE EXAMPLES“I was just mortified,” Ms. Tanden said in an interview. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) I was mortified by ongoing drone attacks and upset by his administration’s surprising secrecy. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) Many of us remain mortified by our nation’s recent political choices. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) 1 adj made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride 2felt mortified by the comparison with her sister Syn embarrassed, humiliated ashamed feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse adj suffering from tissue death Syn gangrenous unhealthy not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
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