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mortification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humiliation |
| Type of | case, example, instance |
| Derivation | mortify |
mortification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gangrene, necrosis, sphacelus |
| Type of | death |
| Has types | myonecrosis |
| Derivation | mortify |
mortification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chagrin, humiliation |
| Type of | embarrassment |
| Derivation | mortify |
mortification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | self-denial, self-discipline, self-control |
| Derivation | mortify |
Examples of mortification
mortification
I think back on our uneasy silences and shiver with retrospective mortification.
From the guardian.co.uk
As I dashed away, heart pounding, I felt a mixture of elation and mortification.
From the guardian.co.uk
The learned Faculty were beside themselves with mingled rage and mortification.
From the theatlantic.com
This wasn't imposed upon me, it just followed from mortification at what I had done.
From the us.cnn.com
Much to my mortification I was dead wrong, as was everyone else in the room.
From the forbes.com
I simmered in self-induced mortification, kicking myself for my own naivete.
From the latimes.com
To avoid such mortification again, the FA needs to wise up and toughen up.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He says it's because he's cheap, but it sounds to me like mortification of the flesh.
From the latimes.com
Having taken the apple, they became aware of humiliation and mortification.
From the economist.com
- Chagrin: strong feelings of embarrassment
- Necrosis: the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- Humiliation: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- (mortified) gangrenous: suffering from tissue death
- (mortified) embarrassed: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
- (mortify) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- (mortify) hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- (mortify) humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
