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Mortifying
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1. embarrassing, mortifying
causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
Example Sentences:'the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles''it was mortifying to know he had heard every word'
2. demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
causing awareness of your shortcomings
Example Sentences:'golf is a humbling game'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Mortifying
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