mortifying (C1)
adjective
Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪɪŋ/
Definition
Causing extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation.
Examples
It was a mortifying experience to trip and fall in front of the entire school during the graduation ceremony.
She felt a mortifying sense of failure when her project was rejected by the committee.
The thought of him reading my private diary is truly mortifying.
How to Use mortifying
- a mortifying experience (collocation)
- a situation that causes deep shame — "Losing my notes before the speech was a mortifying experience."
- find something mortifying (collocation)
- to perceive an event as shameful — "I find it mortifying that I forgot his name after working with him for years."
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