mortification
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Synonyms
abashment, confusion, discomfiture, disconcertment, embarrassment, fluster
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But the mortification here is not only for the Tories, or for Trump. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, "Trump Isn’t the Only One Who Should Be Embarrassed by the U.K. Ambassador’s Cables," 9 July 2019 Unfettered, finally, from her illegible handwriting and the mortification of spelling anxiety. — Devorah Heitner, Washington Post, "My mother struggled with learning disabilities. A smartphone would have helped her find her way.," 10 June 2019 Like her Dutch predecessors, Duennebier’s glistening realism captures bounty and menace, allure and mortification. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Pushing Painting’ presents the medium’s possibilities," 20 June 2018 The show quickly figured out the difference between vicious and vital satire, with especially good sendups of Cabinet members (many of whom are still serving!), the Fox News echo chamber and the MSNBC mortification machine. — Author: Hank Stuever, Anchorage Daily News, "Summer is the right time for those TV shows you’ve heard about, but never got around to watching," 14 June 2018 With its mortifications and sense of worldwide communion, the World Cup—which begins on June 14th—is a kind of global religion. — The Economist, "When drama and beauty turn the World Cup into art," 7 June 2018 The past is no longer needed to provide periodic mortification. — Tom Maxwell, Longreads, "Alan Watts and the Eternal Present," 9 Feb. 2018 Harold and Danny, who plays a little piano but has never really worked and has just been dumped by his wife, turn up for the party in tuxedos and discover to their mortification that everyone else is dressed down, in I’m-too-rich-to-care jeans. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "All in the Family," 30 Sep. 2017 Then and now, the expressions on their faces reminded of the one on my sister’s when our mom used to correct our friends’ grammar or manners—mortification with a side of loathing. — Elisabeth Egan, Glamour, "Keep Your Fake Empowerment T-Shirts off My Daughter’s Body," 7 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mortification.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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