Definitions

mortification

[mawr-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmɔr tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

NOUN

humiliation

Synonyms

STRONG

abasement affront chagrin condescension degradation disgrace dishonor embarrassment ignominy put down resignation shame

WEAK

bring down humbling loss of face

Antonyms

STRONG

esteem honor respect

Example Sentences

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“The Mortification of Fovea Munson” at The Kennedy Center, we were in the pandemic line waiting for our moment, and then we finally got it.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

And for the Kennedy Center in Washington, she is turning her first middle-grade novel, “The Mortification of Fovea Munson,” into a musical.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2021

About 30,000 people now subscribe to The Mortification of Spin on iTunes.

From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014

In 1866 she fell ill, and as "Mortification" set in, Lee "watched with her all Night, lifting & turning her in Bed about every 5 minits."

From Time Magazine Archive

But the King finding himself better, neglected Petit's Advice, and died of the Mortification, as the Surgeon had foretold.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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