as in embarrassment
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom
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Recent Examples of mortification
But Victor leans less into clownish mortification than her predecessors, making room instead for a delicate quietude and sincerity.
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Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The most delightful of all mortifications is the idea that life, as Carl Jung said, really does begin at 40.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
That’s when my cheeks started to burn; mortification saturated my body.
—Ariela Gittlen, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The most delightful of all mortifications is the idea that life, as Carl Jung said, really does begin at 40.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
That’s when my cheeks started to burn; mortification saturated my body.
—Ariela Gittlen, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.
—Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mortification
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“Mortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortification. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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