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mortifying

adjective as in devastating

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Shame is felt over the mortifying parts of the self that are experienced as feminine.

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Anyone who echoes Trump's denials sounds either terminally delusional or like a mortifying bootlicker.

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They argue it is the least politically damaging to the presumptive Republican nominee, despite the personally mortifying details.

In 2018, Kobach suffered a mortifying defeat at the hands of a federal judge who overturned a Kansas law he championed that required proof of citizenship to vote.

Levy: Something that’s slightly mortifying for me — Aria and I were in Budapest, staying at the same hotel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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