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Definition of mortify verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mortify

verb

NAmE//ˈmɔrt̮əˌfaɪ//

[usually passive] mortify somebody (to do something) it mortifies somebody that…Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mortify

he / she / it mortifies

past simple mortified

-ing form mortifying

to make someone feel very ashamed or embarrassed synonym humiliate She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.

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mortification

NAmE//ˌmɔrt̮əfəˈkeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable] Imagine my mortification when I found out.

mortifying

adjective How mortifying to have to apologize to him!See mortify in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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