mortifying
- v practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
- v hold within limits and control
- v cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- v undergo necrosis
- s causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
it was mortifying to know he had heard every word - s causing awareness of your shortcomings
- Writing this often mortifying story had made me feel vulnerable enough, but when Hollywood called to show interest in filming it, I wondered whether my psyche would survive.
- And parental physical incompetence can be mortifying.
- When it's just mortifying, there's always breast-reduction surgery or, of course, the bro.