Definition of Mortification

extreme embarrassment and shame

Examples of Mortification in a sentence

Dylan asked his mother to drop him off at the corner so that he could avoid the mortification of being seen getting out of a minivan. 🔊

When Daisy saw that she was underdressed for the fancy party, she decided to go back home rather than face the mortification of being judged by all the Beautiful People. 🔊

Although Michael never laid a hand on her physically, she had to endure emotional abuse and mortification because of the way he talked to her in front of other people. 🔊

To be a member of that fraternity, pledges are expected to endure all sorts of mortification and hardship to prove they are worthy. 🔊

After the mortification of losing his bid for reelection as mayor, Ruben decided to leave the political arena and go back to farming. 🔊

When Jasmin first saw the man that her family had arranged for her to marry, she was filled with a sense of horror and mortification. 🔊

Because Steven could see his new bride’s mortification when she dropped the casserole on the floor, he embraced her reassuringly and took her out to a nice restaurant for dinner. 🔊

Once you have grown out of your teenage years, you can look back on these times of mortification and wonder why you let your peers get to you. 🔊

In the classic novel The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynn wore the badge of adultery as a statement of defiance rather than mortification. 🔊

Compared to the mortification she had felt after the spiked punch incident at her last party, burning a couple slices of toast was a matter that she could easily laugh off. 🔊

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