mortified Synonyms
Another word for mortified
• adjective (Context 1)
Feeling or showing extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation.
"She was completely humiliated when she realized she had been speaking with her microphone unmuted."
• verb (Context 2)
To cause someone to feel extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation (past tense and past participle of mortify).
"Forgetting the guest of honor's name during the toast humiliate the host."
• verb (Context 3)
To subdue or discipline bodily desires and passions through self-denial or asceticism (past tense and past participle of mortify).
"The medieval monks subdue the flesh through fasting and long vigils."
• adjective (Context 4)
Affected by gangrene or necrosis (of living tissue or flesh).
"The 19th-century surgeon had to remove the gangrenous tissue to prevent the infection from spreading."
Opposites of mortified
The opposite of mortified shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: