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mortification
Part of speech: NounThe act of humbling or depressing; the dath of one part of an animal body while the rest continues to live; a condition called gangrene; the subduing of the passions and appetites by self- denial; humiliation, or its cause; vexation.
Usage examples "mortification":- The recollection of Jeff's endurance under a false accusation was a continual mortification to his small soul. - "A Little Hero", Mrs. H. Musgrave.
- Lying in wait till the Minister had addressed the House, the Drury Lane manager used to let fly at him such a cloud of stinging arrows, pointed with sarcasm and poisoned with invective, that the stately Premier could not conceal his mortification, nor hardly retain his seat till the storm had passed away. - "Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland", Henry B. Stanton.
- Asad fell back a pace in his profound mortification. - "The Sea-Hawk", Raphael Sabatini.