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- Dictionarymortification/ˌmɔːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
noun
- 1. great embarrassment and shame: "they mistook my mortification for an admission of guilt" Similar
- 2. the action of subduing one's bodily desires: "mortification of the flesh has a long tradition in some religions"
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a feeling of being very embarrassed: To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performer withdrew at the last minute. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ashamed and embarrassed. abashed. ashamed. awkwardly. guiltily. guiltiness. hangdog. have egg on your face idiom. humbling. mortifying. not know where to put yourself idiom.
: the subjection and denial of bodily passions and appetites by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort. was customary to practice mortification during Lent. Synonyms. abashment. confusion. discomfiture. disconcertment. embarrassment. fluster. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of mortification in a Sentence.
Mortification is the feeling of being completely humiliated. The word mortification has its roots in the Latin word for "death," mors . The original meaning of mortification was religious; in Christianity the meaning is "putting your sin to death".
Mortification definition: a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.. See examples of MORTIFICATION used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a mortifying or being mortified. ; specif., a. the control of physical desires and passions by self-denial, fasting, etc. b. shame, humiliation, etc.; loss of self-respect. 2. something causing shame, humiliation, etc.
1. a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. a cause or source of such a feeling. 3. the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will. 4. the death of one part of a live body; gangrene; necrosis.
Definition of mortification noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Something causing shame, humiliation, etc. Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons. Gangrene. Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.
mortification in American English. (ˌmɔrtəfɪˈkeiʃən) noun. 1. a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect. 2. a cause or source of such humiliation or shame. 3. the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will.
a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect. a cause or source of such humiliation or shame. the practice of asceticism by penitential discipline to overcome desire for sin and to strengthen the will. Pathology the death of one part of the body while the rest is alive; gangrene; necrosis.
