MORTIFIED (adjective)

  The adjective MORTIFIED has 2 senses:

1. suffering from tissue death
2. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

  Familiarity information: MORTIFIED used as an adjective is rare.

MORTIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffering from tissue death

Synonyms:

gangrenous; mortified

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

Synonyms:

humiliated; mortified; embarrassed

Context examples:

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

Similar:

ashamed (feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse)