as in embarrassment
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom
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Recent Examples of mortification
Whetstone said the power was with the poster and encouraged her mother to be remorseful, express mortification with her actions and work to make amends.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Blanding is suing for damages such as stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification, as well as emotional, economic and non-economic damages.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The most delightful of all mortifications is the idea that life, as Carl Jung said, really does begin at 40.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mortification
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Blanding is suing for damages such as stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, mental anguish, fear and mortification, as well as emotional, economic and non-economic damages.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The most delightful of all mortifications is the idea that life, as Carl Jung said, really does begin at 40.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mortification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortification
Noun
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Claudia Choose vulnerability over performative coolness, because possible embarrassment is way more powerful than polished detachment.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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The companies showing off their cases with a lighter white or silvery iPhone 17 Pro in product shots mostly dodged any embarrassment, as those are harder to distinguish from Apple’s actual silver color.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 30-hour search for a suspect Across the country, the killing of the prominent political figure and media personality – the latest in a string of political violence incidents – had sowed shock and confusion.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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In one notable instance, antipathy toward business has led to confusion and unnecessary tension.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Staunch pride and a tendency to humiliation are closely aligned in Leonora.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Mortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortification. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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