mortified

"With police tents all around it, it looked more like a murder scene than the place of safety it had always been for me. I was devastated, mortified, confused and terrified."

At first, she says, Salmond had appeared "upset and mortified" and had "effectively admitted the substance of one of the complaints," calling it a "misunderstanding" for which he had apologised.

“I mispronounced words in every single read-through, and I was usually mortified,” Holmes said, laughing.

She said: "I was mortified, I was embarrassed, I started crying. But he was really supportive and kind."

She feels complete "shame" and is "mortified" at the danger she placed herself in.