as in to embarrass
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
was mortified by her children's atrocious manners
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Recent Examples of mortify
In a TikTok video that has since gone viral, the peripatetic music teacher recounted her mortifying experience.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
As a medical community, we are mortified by this unjust attack on the health of all peoples in our nation.
—Kristin Brownell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Earlier in the season, he became mortified after watching the teens eat the previously deceased Jackie (Ella Purnell).
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Whenever my period started at school, I would be mortified.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
As a medical community, we are mortified by this unjust attack on the health of all peoples in our nation.
—Kristin Brownell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Earlier in the season, he became mortified after watching the teens eat the previously deceased Jackie (Ella Purnell).
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Whenever my period started at school, I would be mortified.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
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O’Neil had shown a more ruthless streak in dealing with Lemina, stripping the midfielder of the captaincy after those embarrassing post-match scenes at West Ham.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Punk proceeded to beatdown and embarrass McIntyre, leading to Priest cashing in his Money in the Bank contract and winning the title from McIntyre.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Hippler said in the new order bringing more attention to it in opening statements and through expert testimony would add more time to the already lengthy trial and probably confuse the jury.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Snakeheads are often confused with a native species—the bowfin—but anglers can tell them apart by looking at the anal fin, which is much longer on a snakehead.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Mortify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortify. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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