mortified

UK: /ˈmɔː^rtɪfaɪd/

From the verb mortify: (⇒ conjugate)

mortified is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

mor•ti•fy /ˈmɔrtəˌfaɪ/   v. [~ + object] , -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to humiliate (someone), as by an injury to self-respect:
   He was mortified when he forgot his speech.

mor•ti•fi•ca•tion /ˌmɔrtəfɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable] See -mort-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mor•ti•fy  (môr′tə fī′), v., -fied, -fy•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
3. Pathology to affect with gangrene or necrosis.

v.i. 

4. to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
5. Pathology to undergo mortification;
   become gangrened or necrosed.

• Late Latin mortificāre to put to death, equivalent. to Latin morti- (stem of mors) death + -ficāre -fy
• Middle French mortifier
• Middle English mortifien 1350–1400

mor′ti•fied′ly, adv. 
mor′ti•fi′er, n. 
mor′ti•fy′ing•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. humble, abase.
• 2. subdue, restrain.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mortify / ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. (transitive) to humiliate or cause to feel shame
2. (transitive) to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc
3. (intransitive) to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous

Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Church Latin mortificāre to put to death, from Latin mors death + facere to do

ˈmortiˌfier noun

ˈmortiˌfying adjective