Definitions for: Mortifying


[adj] causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
[adj] causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"



Webster (1913) Definition: Mor"ti*fy`ing, a.
1. Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of,
mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.

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

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

Synonyms: demeaning, embarrassing, humbling, humiliating, undignified, unpleasant

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