Mortify 1100 Words You Need
Mortify 1100 Words You Need Week 30 Day 2 with authentic materials, text-to-speech, synonyms, antonyms and illustrated flashcards for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS
/ˈmɔː.tɪ.faɪ/ (verb)
Mortify definition
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed, put someone to shame, embarrass, humiliate, belittle, shame someone, degrade, take down, crush, put down
Example
Children’s author ‘mortified’ after hat falls off during investiture
Former children’s laureate Julia Donaldson said she was left feeling “mortified” when her hat fell off as she was made a CBE by the Duke of Cambridge.
She added that she felt “mortified” and that her family would “tease” her over the mishap.
Source: https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/
Antonyms
appreciate, acknowledge, praise, acclaim, adulate, admire, lionize, idolize
Parts of speech
Noun: mortification: shame, humiliation
Adjective: mortifying
Adverb: mortifyingly
