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# mortified

adjective (mortified); verb past form of «mortify» (mortify, mortifies, mortified, mortifying)

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

## Everyday

1. Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#m1)
2. (verb) To mortify someone is to make them feel very embarrassed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#m2)
3. (church, old) To mortify the body was to make it suffer on purpose as a religious practice, for example by fasting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories, mortified is a strong feeling word, much stronger than «embarrassed»: falling over on stage, or when your dad dances at the school disco. In church history, some Christians practised «mortification» to grow in self-control. Common phrases: «absolutely mortified», «I was mortified», «mortifying moment».

### Examples

- I was mortified when my trousers split in assembly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x1)
- Mum was mortified that she had forgotten my birthday party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x2)
- He felt mortified after calling the teacher «Mum». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x3)
- It was mortifying to trip up the stairs in front of everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x4)
- She was absolutely mortified when her phone rang during the play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x5)
- My sister was mortified by Dad's dancing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x6)
- Pinocchio, mortified at being taken for a crab, said resentfully: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mortified/#x7)

### Note

Used mostly as an adjective after «be» or «feel». The «-ing» form «mortifying» describes the situation. It comes from Latin «mors» (death) — as if you could «die of embarrassment».

## On Mova

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