'Mortified' definitions:
Definition of 'mortified'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Suffering from tissue death [syn: gangrenous, mortified]
adjective
Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister" [syn: embarrassed, humiliated, mortified]
Definition of 'Mortified'
From: GCIDE
- Mortified \Mor"ti*fied\, imp. & p. p. of Mortify. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mortified'
From: GCIDE
- Mortify \Mor"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mortified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mortifying.] [OE. mortifien, F. mortifier, fr. L. mortificare; L. mors, mortis, death + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mortal, and -fy.]
- 1. To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- He mortified pearls in vinegar. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble; as, to mortify the flesh. [1913 Webster]
- With fasting mortified, worn out with tears. --Harte. [1913 Webster]
- Mortify thy learned lust. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Mortify, therefore, your members which are upon the earth. --Col. iii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To affect with vexation, chagrin; to depress. [1913 Webster]
- The news of the fatal battle of Worcester, which exceedingly mortified our expectations. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- How often is the ambitious man mortified with the very praises he receives, if they do not rise so high as he thinks they ought! --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To humiliate deeply, especially by injuring the pride of; to embarrass painfully; to humble; as, the team was mortified to lose by 45 to 0. [1913 Webster + PJC]
Definition of 'mortified'
From: GCIDE
- mortified \mor"ti*fied\, a. Deeply embarrased; painfully humiliated. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mortified'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- afflicted,
- agitated,
- annoyed,
- ascetic,
- ashamed,
- astringent,
- austere,
- bad,
- beset,
- blushing,
- bothered,
- cankered,
- carious,
- cast down,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- confused,
- contaminated,
- corrupt,
- crestfallen,
- crushed,
- decayed,
- decomposed,
- discomfited,
- discomforted,
- discomposed,
- disconcerted,
- diseased,
- disquieted,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- embarrassed,
- festering,
- foul,
- gangrened,
- gangrenous,
- gone bad,
- hangdog,
- harassed,
- humbled,
- humiliated,
- hung up,
- ill at ease,
- infected,
- morbid,
- necrosed,
- necrotic,
- out of countenance,
- pathological,
- peccant,
- perturbed,
- poisoned,
- put-out,
- put-upon,
- putrefied,
- putrescent,
- putrid,
- red-faced,
- rotten,
- rotting,
- septic,
- shamed,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- sphacelated,
- spoiled,
- stern,
- suppurating,
- suppurative,
- tainted,
- troubled,
- ulcerated,
- ulcerous,
- uncomfortable,
- uneasy,
- upset,
- worried