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mortifying /'mɔ:tifaiiɳ/

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh Đồng nghĩa

Tính từ

hành xác, khổ hạnh

làm nhục, làm xấu hổ, làm mất thể diện
verb

-fies; -fied; -fying

[+ obj] :to cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed and foolish

Her behavior mortified her parents. = Her parents were mortified by her behavior.

It mortified me to have to admit that I'd never actually read the book.
verb

She was mortified to learn that she had been disqualified

humiliate

shame

humble

embarrass

abash

chagrin

rebuff

crush

discomfit

deflate

bring down

degrade

downgrade

reduce

chasten

subdue

suppress

make someone eat humble pie

teach someone his or her place

Colloq put down

Repentance was considered insufficient penance, so the flagellants mortified the flesh with scourges

punish

castigate

discipline

control

subdue

subjugate

After a fortnight, the flesh mortifies and falls away

gangrene

fester

necrose

putrefy

rot

decompose

decay

putresce