'Mortified ' means to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
To me, it's mortifying to go into haunted houses, but some think it's no problem.
'Mortified ' means to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.
The verb for mortification is mortify.Other verbs depending on the tense are mortifies, mortifying and mortified.Some example sentences are:"It will mortify her"."He is so embarrassing that he mortifies me"."I am mortifying people"."She was mortified to find nail varnish on her white towels".
The Dr- Oz Show - 2009 Shame Files Your Most Mortifying Moments 5-97 was released on: USA: 6 February 2014
Shameful in certain contexts. Humiliating, or mortifying in extreme contexts pertaining to public embarrassment(mortifying implying embarrassing to the point that it makes you want to die).Distressing or upsetting in extreme scenarios but imply less of the burden of it being a public embarrassment.Awkward or uncomfortable perhaps in milder contexts.
Poor education can have mortifying effects on the economy such as fewer job opportunities and an develop in the number of people living in poverty.
"Mortifying a taste for vintages" refers to suppressing or controlling one's appreciation or desire for fine wines, particularly aged or high-quality varieties. This could imply a conscious effort to avoid indulgence in luxury or to adopt a more modest lifestyle. The phrase suggests a struggle between personal desires and a sense of discipline or restraint.
The pressure to have children has always seemed so mortifying to me, Childbirth itself, Doing makeup is a complicated art form and many more.
Early in the film, Brooke Shields character starts bleeding menstrually in the blue lagoon, itself. This is a mortifying moment for the girl in the film.
The word "humiliation" is a noun which means "the act of humiliating; degradation". It can also mean "the state or feeling of being disgraced". A synonym for the word "humiliation" is the word "shame".
I believe that quote is from To Kill A Mockingbird. You can find it on page 38, if my source is correct. I think her brother said it.
The prepositional phrase is until the hull was dry.