mortifying
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation“the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles”“it was mortifying to know he had heard every word”Synonyms: embarrassing
- causing awareness of your shortcomings“golf is a humbling game”Synonyms: demeaninghumblinghumiliating
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. [1913 Webster]
2.To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
He mortified pearls in vinegar.— Hakewill.[1913 Webster]
3.To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble; as, to mortify the flesh. [1913 Webster]
With fasting mortified, worn out with tears.— Harte.[1913 Webster]
Mortify thy learned lust.— Prior.[1913 Webster]
Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth.— Col. iii. 5.[1913 Webster]
4.To affect with vexation, chagrin; to depress. [1913 Webster]
The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations.— Evelyn.[1913 Webster]
How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought!— Addison.[1913 Webster]
5.To humiliate deeply, especially by injuring the pride of; to embarrass painfully; to humble; as, the team was mortified to lose by 45 to 0. [1913 Webster + PJC]
1.Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh. [1913 Webster]
2.Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances. [1913 Webster]
3.Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse. [1913 Webster]