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mortifying

/mawr-tuh-fahy/US // ˈmɔr təˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ) //

骇人听闻,令人不快的,丧心病狂,屈辱的

Related Words

annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服displease不悦,不高兴,开罪,开罪人chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是deflate放气,平放,平减,平移confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听vex呧呧的humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂control控制,管制,控制权,操控discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认ridicule讥讽,嘲弄,调侃,嘲讽affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.

    • : to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
    • : to subjugate by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
    • : Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.

    • : to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
    • : Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbembarrass
Synonyms
annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是confound困惑,混淆,混淆视听deflate放气,平放,平减,平移disgrace耻辱,羞辱,侮蔑,耻辱感displease不悦,不高兴,开罪,开罪人humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服vex呧呧的abase碱基,碱液,碱碱,碱厂abash羞辱,羞愧难当,羞涩,羞愧affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为belittle轻视,贬低,蔑视,看轻chasten惩戒,责罚,督责,鞭笞control控制,管制,控制权,操控crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认disappoint失望,让人失望的是,让人失望,使人失望的是discipline纪律,管教,惩戒,纪律性discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为harass骚扰,扰乱,骚扰他人,骚扰别人humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的ridicule讥讽,嘲弄,调侃,嘲讽shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼get one's comeuppance报应,报销,报应不爽,戴罪立功put to shame羞愧难当,羞辱,丢人现眼,羞愧take down a peg卸任,卸磨杀驴,摘下帽子,摘下眼镜take the wind out除风,抽风,除去风,除去风气

Examples

  • For 150 years its mortifying confusions have been swept under the carpet with the court adjudication “stubborn child.”

  • This of course exposed me to the mortifying risk of having my requests remain unanswered or worse, turned down.

  • I'll share one that may not be the biggest lie I've ever told, but is certainly the most mortifying.

  • Like us, their output ranges from the mundane to the mortifying.

  • It was such a damper as to be most mortifying to an enthusiastic girl, and she drew into herself in a moment.

  • The English, fearing a ruse, continued to stand to their arms till their scouts confirmed the mortifying intelligence.

  • There have been mortifying failures, but there have been positive successes in the eleven years.

  • Besides, the mortifying experience at the Paris Exposition has dampened even my perennially youthful enthusiasm.

  • Certainly it was a mortifying matter for all concerned, and not least for Cluny; the more credit that he took it as he did.

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