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as in embarrassed
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
was mortified by her children's atrocious manners
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Recent Examples of mortified
Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Outside, Ji Seon sits mortified while Yong Woo offers her water.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The photo showed a mortified cat with its head tilted back, eyes bulging and mouth open.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Mariah Carey, 56, made a surprise cameo Thursday on her 13-year-old son Moroccan Cannon's live Twitch stream, leaving him hilariously mortified and desperate to get her out of the shot.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Barrymore shouted, giving the camera a mortified look as the audience laughed.
—EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Dakota Johnson was a bit mortified after meeting Barack Obama thanks for her mom Melanie Griffith.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
My daughter was absolutely mortified and just inconsolable.
—Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
This prompts both parents to resort to old spy tactics, resulting in an amusingly messy intervention during which their spontaneous badassery startles their mortified daughter.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
This time round, Starr’s mortified co-stars included Yul Brynner, who made an uncredited appearance as a transvestite cabaret singer.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Substitute in those that reverberate deeply with you, those you would be mortified to let down and elated to make proud.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
He would’ve been mortified to see that kind of tacky scandal on what was a family show.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Katie becomes a cause célèbre for a younger feminist and is mortified to see her face on T-shirts.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
When friends from college visited me back home in Brooklyn, I was mortified about everything.
—Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
They are mortified by the emails their mother has sent to Epstein.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
To know the tragedy of this and to know the kind of character that Gus had, he'd be mortified to know that these lives were all lost.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
This time round, Starr’s mortified co-stars included Yul Brynner, who made an uncredited appearance as a transvestite cabaret singer.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Outside, Ji Seon sits mortified while Yong Woo offers her water.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The photo showed a mortified cat with its head tilted back, eyes bulging and mouth open.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Mariah Carey, 56, made a surprise cameo Thursday on her 13-year-old son Moroccan Cannon's live Twitch stream, leaving him hilariously mortified and desperate to get her out of the shot.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Barrymore shouted, giving the camera a mortified look as the audience laughed.
—EW.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Dakota Johnson was a bit mortified after meeting Barack Obama thanks for her mom Melanie Griffith.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
My daughter was absolutely mortified and just inconsolable.
—Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 22 Apr. 2023
This prompts both parents to resort to old spy tactics, resulting in an amusingly messy intervention during which their spontaneous badassery startles their mortified daughter.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
But she was mortified when a crime website posted her mug shot.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
This time round, Starr’s mortified co-stars included Yul Brynner, who made an uncredited appearance as a transvestite cabaret singer.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 May 2026
Substitute in those that reverberate deeply with you, those you would be mortified to let down and elated to make proud.
—Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
He would’ve been mortified to see that kind of tacky scandal on what was a family show.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Katie becomes a cause célèbre for a younger feminist and is mortified to see her face on T-shirts.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
When friends from college visited me back home in Brooklyn, I was mortified about everything.
—Lloyd Blankfein, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
They are mortified by the emails their mother has sent to Epstein.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
To know the tragedy of this and to know the kind of character that Gus had, he'd be mortified to know that these lives were all lost.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortified
Adjective
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Texas State’s Chase Mora greeted USC closer Adam Troy with a monstrous two-run home run to left field in the top of ninth, propelling the Bobcats to 5-4 upset before a crowd of 6,956.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Rhodes had plenty to be upset about.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Some fans weighed in on his outfit choice on social media, sparking conversations about if the actor might have embarrassed his wife.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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The Sixers were embarrassed by the Knicks 144-114 in Game 4 in front of a New York-heavy crowd in South Philadelphia.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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The other models looked bored and even mildly irritated, as if their time were being wasted.—
Adam Turner,
Vanity Fair,
1 June 2026
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Trump takes aspirin to maintain his cardiovascular health, causing his skin to be easily irritated.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 May 2026
Verb
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Using a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer, for example, the spectral biosignatures of carbon dioxide and methane may overlap, leading to the gasses being confused with each other and signs of life being dismissed or lost.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
1 June 2026
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Brown women artists are often confused with anthropologists.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Under federal immigration law, second‑degree bail jumping is classified as an aggravated felony, a designation that generally bars lawful permanent residents from seeking cancellation of removal and most other forms of relief.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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He was booked into the jail there on suspicion of robbery and aggravated battery, and then in October Lembke was extradited to Idaho and taken into custody at the Ada County Jail.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Colbert was flustered, to say the least, during the interview afterward.—
Maira Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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This comes up every few years, and everyone gets all flustered every few years.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi star as childhood pals turned hot and bothered frenemies having quite the torrid love affair as adults in a sumptuous and quite haughty bad romance.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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After a frustrating conversation with a hotel staffer about the air conditioning, a hot and bothered Fuller threw on a ball cap, turned it backward and recorded a rant on his cellphone.—
Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
1 May 2026
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“Mortified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortified. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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