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mortifying

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verb

present participle of mortify

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortifying
Adjective
  • Read: The price of humiliating Nicolás Maduro Now Machado appears to be trying to reconcile both sides.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
  • There’s a lot in there that could have been very humiliating—for myself, too.
    Merve Emre, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Utilities can ask similar questions about households with pool pumps or those that show signs of inefficient or degrading appliances.
    Abhay Gupta, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • But while the Internet is torn over whether Carpenter’s submissive position on the Man’s Best Friend cover is funny or degrading, Whoopi Goldberg was more concerned with something else.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • But the racial order of the day also made these jobs, which were physically challenging to begin with, especially demeaning, humiliating, and fraught with danger.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2025
  • Being high and coerced into this demeaning lifestyle.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 June 2025
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“Mortifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortifying. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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