All 3 Uses of
mortified
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- If I could have explained these things to Miss Caroline, I would have saved myself some inconvenience and Miss Caroline subsequent mortification, but it was beyond my ability to explain things as well as Atticus, so I said, "You're shamin' him, Miss Caroline."
p. 24.0 *mortification = extreme embarrassment
- I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is a nigger-lover besides, but I'm here to tell you it certainly does mortify the rest of the family-
p. 94.7mortify = strongly embarrass
- I could hide my mortification under it. [a costume]
p. 297.8mortification = extreme embarrassment
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortified as in: felt mortified) exceedingly embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of mortified including a sense of biological decay, a sense of ascetic self-imposed hardship, and (archaically) to be emotionally numbed.