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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. suffering from tissue death;
[syn: gangrenous, mortified]

2. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride;
- Example: "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"
- Example: "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"
- Example: "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
[syn: embarrassed, humiliated, mortified]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortifying.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.] 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mortified \Mor"ti*fied\, imp. & p. p. of Mortify. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mortified \mor"ti*fied\, a. Deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mortified adj 1: suffering from tissue death [syn: gangrenous, mortified] 2: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister" [syn: embarrassed, humiliated, mortified]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "mortified": abashed, afflicted, agitated, annoyed, ascetic, ashamed, astringent, austere, bad, beset, blushing, bothered, cankered, carious, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, confused, contaminated, corrupt, crestfallen, crushed, decayed, decomposed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, diseased, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, festering, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, hangdog, harassed, humbled, humiliated, hung up, ill at ease, infected, morbid, necrosed, necrotic, out of countenance, pathological, peccant, perturbed, poisoned, put-out, put-upon, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, red-faced, rotten, rotting, septic, shamed, shamefaced, shamefast, sphacelated, spoiled, stern, suppurating, suppurative, tainted, troubled, ulcerated, ulcerous, uncomfortable, uneasy, upset, worried