mortifying

verbembarrass

Synonyms for mortifying

verb embarrass

Antonyms for mortifying

off

adjective. inferior; spoiled

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "to kill," from Old French mortefiier "destroy, overwhelm, punish," from Late Latin mortificare "cause death, kill, put to death," literally "make dead," from mortificus "producing death," from Latin mors (genitive mortis) "death" (see mortal (adj.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipline" first attested early 15c. Sense of "humiliate" first recorded 1690s (cf. mortification). Related: Mortified; mortifying.

Example Sentences formortifying

This sentence was as humiliating and mortifying as anything that could be put upon him.

A union between a musician and my daughter would be most mortifying to me.

And yet how mortifying is the very suspicion of inattention and disrespect.

She was a sensitive woman, and there was much that was mortifying in her position.

It is easy to understand how mortifying this condition was to Hudson.

The Christian progress is not only growth, it is mortifying the old man.

Ludicrous, were it not so abominable, was this mortifying necessity.

Such a spectacle would have been distressing and mortifying.

Maddened at a failure so mortifying, Mr. Hedge half regrets his marriage.

To these circumstances he owed one of the most mortifying incidents of his career.

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Antonyms for mortifying

embarrassing

off

shameful

mortifying

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