Mortifying
of Mortify
Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.
Subduing the appetites, desires, etc.; as, mortifying penances.
Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.
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Mortifying Quotations
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Samuel Johnson
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
William Congreve
I've danced one time in my life. It was the most mortifying experience I ever had.
Billy Bob Thornton
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree?
Logan P. Smith
If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.
Moon Unit Zappa
Mortifying Translations
mortifying in Italian is umiliante
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