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mortify
verb as in embarrass
Strong matches
Example Sentences
From that point Boulter showed tremendous fight to claw back the deficit, but the 28-year-old was then mortified to put a volley into the net at 30-30 in the ninth game.
The awkward silence afterwards would once have mortified her, but not any more.
He leaves the others stunned and David mortified until the storm cloud passes and he’s his jaunty, loquacious self again.
Shame is felt over the mortifying parts of the self that are experienced as feminine.
Kapadia has apologised, telling BBC News he was "mortified by the hurt and offence" that some of his posts have caused.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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