as in embarrassment
the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable
the mortification of being dumped the night before the prom
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Lewis doesn’t say who told him so, but the absurd conjecture appeared in a slavish profile written by a freelance author for Sequoia Capital, which invested in FTX; the profile has since been scrubbed from the firm’s website, presumably out of mortification.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
To Eminem’s eternal mortification, promise — and American hope — are what this film is really all about.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
The prior decade had been one of stage-shaking triumphs, personal nightmares, various degrees of mortification, and now, a chance at possible redemption.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
Why would my deep mortification over a trivial workplace incident persist for so long?
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
To Eminem’s eternal mortification, promise — and American hope — are what this film is really all about.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
The prior decade had been one of stage-shaking triumphs, personal nightmares, various degrees of mortification, and now, a chance at possible redemption.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
Why would my deep mortification over a trivial workplace incident persist for so long?
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
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“Mortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortification. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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