Canadian English Meaning of mortifying

embarrassing

Other Canadian English words related to embarrassing

Definitions and Meaning of mortifying in English

Wordnet

mortifying (s)

causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

causing awareness of your shortcomings

Webster

mortifying (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Mortify

Webster

mortifying (a.)

Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.

Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances.

Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.

FAQs About the word mortifying

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mortify => humiliate, mortifier => mortifier, mortifiedness => mortification, mortified => mortified, mortification => mortification,