MORTIFY


Meaning of MORTIFY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɔ:(r)tɪfaɪ ]

( mortifies, mortifying, mortified)

If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal.

Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.

VERB : no cont , V n

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