mortification

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Also because many of those who have been dealt the mortification were comparatively affluent and accomplished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Maybe it was the sense of hopelessness and mortification that made them throw caution, and inferiority, to the wind.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2024

Rather, each of these minions is in thrall to the project of keeping the lie alive, complicit in a pathological system of mortification, expiation, and fear that has taken on a life of its own.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2023

Why would my deep mortification over a trivial workplace incident persist for so long?

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2023

Now I want to curl up in bed in mortification, imagining Jeremy’s face as I slunk away from gym.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali