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Definition of Mortified

1. Adjective. Suffering from tissue death.

2. Adjective. Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride. "Felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"

Definition of Mortified

1. Verb. (past of mortify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mortified

1. mortify [v] - See also: mortify

Medical Definition of Mortified

1. Relating to or affected with gangrene. Synonym: mortified. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mortified

mortgaging mortgagor mortgagors mortice morticed morticer morticers mortices mortician morticians

morticing mortiferous mortific mortification mortifications mortified (current term) mortifiedness mortifier mortifiers mortifies

mortify mortifying mortifyingly mortis mortise mortise-and-tenon joint mortise-and-tenon joints mortise joint mortised mortiser

Literary usage of Mortified

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Narrative by Francis Bond Head (1839)
"The Republicans are mortified—My Opinions and Policy expressed to the Colonial Office—Am called upon to increase the Executive Council—Ominous Circumstances ..."

2. A Narrative by Francis Bond Head (1839)
"The Republicans are mortified—My Opinions and Policy expressed to the Colonial Office—Am called upon to increase the Executive Council—Ominous Circumstances ..."

3. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Can sin be killed without an interest in the death of Christ, or mortified without the Spirit ? If such directions should prevail to change men's lives, ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of by Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland (1843)
"In fact, afler having committed himself by his premature communication, he felt lo the full as deeply mortified as herself. An effort i*d been made by the ..."

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