mortified

[ mawr-tuh-fahyd ]

adjective

1. humiliated, ashamed, or deeply embarrassed:

   Sternly lectured by the principal in front of her friends, my daughter felt suitably mortified and hopefully will never do such a thing again.

2. Pathology. affected with gangrene or necrosis:

   The removal of mortified tissue from wounds enables faster healing.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of mortify ( def ).

Other Words From

• mor·ti·fied·ly [mawr, -t, uh, -fahyd-lee, mawr-t, uh, -, fahy, -id-lee], adverb
• un·mor·ti·fied adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortified¹

mortify ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

The awkward silence afterwards would once have mortified her, but not any more.

From BBC

He leaves the others stunned and David mortified until the storm cloud passes and he’s his jaunty, loquacious self again.

From Los Angeles Times

When we went to bed that night I tried to explain, to myself as much as to him, how I had managed to isolate myself so fully, while in the company of people who love me and would be mortified to learn that I was unable to ask them for the smallest of help.

From Slate

Kapadia has apologised, telling BBC News he was "mortified by the hurt and offence" that some of his posts have caused.

From BBC

“I need one of them to get in a wreck! I’m mortified!” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

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