mortification

Definitions

Noun of mortify: both the modern sense of crushing embarrassment and the older religious sense of mortifying the flesh. See mortify for how 'put to death' became 'embarrass.'

Common Collocations

• 1.to one's mortification令某人难堪的是
• 2.deep mortification深深的羞愧
• 3.mortification of the flesh肉体的苦修

Example Sentences

• 1.

  To her mortification, she had spelled her own name wrong.

• 2.

  The saint practiced extreme mortification of the body.