0 a feeling of being very embarrassed:
To the mortification of the show's organizers, the top performer withdrew at the last minute.
Their devotion to the mortification of the flesh was also underscored by their weakly bodily constitution, hence the topos of the sick scientist.
She offers an insightful study of the long tradition of 'sapphic' diva-worship as a way of diluting 'some of the inevitable mortifications of self-exposure' (22).
The woman seated beside him buries her head in her hands in mortification and despair.
The mortification is by various means, such as enforced uniformity, and the violation of personal space, preferences and activities.
To his mortification, the only person at home to whom he can turn is his 15-year-old daughter.
In every case, therefore, being so bound, we were unable to purchase, and had the mortification of seeing those properties acquired, in every case.
What can and must be expressed is mortification and regret that the incident was so damaging to the country.
Sometimes they have the additional mortification of having had to tutor the people who have superseded them in these higher posts.
