Defenition of the word mortifying

• Defenition of the word mortifying

  • Causing awareness of one's shortcomings.
  • causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
  • 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"
  • causing awareness of your shortcomings
  • causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

Synonyms for the word mortifying

• • crushing
  • degrading
  • demeaning
  • embarrassing
  • humbling
  • humiliating
  • shameful

Similar words in the mortifying

• • mortifying
  • undignified
  • unpleasant

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