- present participle of mortify.
mortifying
Example Sentences
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And how mortifying would it be if Mr. Kemp’s guy made the runoff and won?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
One particularly mortifying episode from the past haunts Hally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the DOJ’s rather mortifying confession and its implications for the broader battle over Trump’s federalization of the Guard.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025
Mr Holliday used to really embarrass me because I would play with the boys and girls in school and he would tell all the boys to pass to me, but that was mortifying for me.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
She regrets her mortifying lack of confidence, the extra ten pounds she carried on her frame during puberty.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
