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# mortification

noun

«mortification» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortification/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a proud or wicked person, such as a stepmother, is filled with rage and mortification when things go wrong or she is shown up

### Examples

- When the wicked woman heard these words, she was beside herself with rage and mortification. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortification/#x1)
- His mortification was plain when everyone laughed at his mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortification/#x2)
- She hid her mortification behind a smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortification/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a feeling, not a count.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mortification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortification/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mortification» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mortification.html) on Mova free.