mortification

/,mɔ:tifi'keiʃn/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Strong feelings of embarrassment or shame: A state of being extremely embarrassed, humiliated, or ashamed.
    • The cause of such embarrassment or shame: An event or instance that causes a loss of prestige or self-respect.
    • (Christianity) The practice of subduing bodily desires: The act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh through self-denial, discipline, or inflicting bodily discomfort.
    • (Medicine/Biology) The death of living tissue: The localized death of cells or tissue in a living organism, often due to infection or loss of blood supply (necrosis).
Examples of Usage
  • Strong feelings of embarrassment:
    • To his utter mortification, he realized his speech had been broadcast with his microphone still on.
    • She felt a deep sense of mortification when she tripped in front of the entire audience.
  • An instance causing shame:
    • Losing the election was a profound mortification for the seasoned politician.
    • Forgetting the client's name during the meeting was a minor mortification.
  • Christian practice:
    • The monk's life included acts of mortification such as fasting and wearing a hair shirt.
  • Death of tissue:
    • The doctor was concerned about the mortification of the skin around the wound.
Advanced Usage
  • "to someone's mortification": Used to indicate that something caused someone great embarrassment.
    • To the team's mortification, the simple error cost them the championship.
Variants and Related Words
  • Mortify (verb): To cause someone to feel very ashamed or embarrassed. () To subdue (bodily desires) through discipline. ()
  • Mortified (adjective): Feeling extremely embarrassed or ashamed. ()
  • Mortifying (adjective): Causing great embarrassment or shame. ()
Synonyms
  • Humiliation: The action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated.
  • Embarrassment: A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
  • Chagrin: Distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated.
  • Necrosis (for the medical sense): The death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue.
Idioms and Phrases
  • "Die of mortification": An exaggerated expression meaning to be extremely embarrassed.
    • I could have died of mortification when I called the new boss by the wrong name.
Noun
  1. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
  2. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
    • he had to undergo one humiliation after another
  3. the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
  4. strong feelings of embarrassment

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