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mortifying
adjective as in devastating
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- annihilating
- desolating
adjective as in embarrassing
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adjective as in off
adjective as in shameful
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Example Sentences
Falling in love is, of course, frequently mortifying, and Lee is no stranger to embarrassing himself in front of his paramours.
Shame is felt over the mortifying parts of the self that are experienced as feminine.
Anyone who echoes Trump's denials sounds either terminally delusional or like a mortifying bootlicker.
They argue it is the least politically damaging to the presumptive Republican nominee, despite the personally mortifying details.
In 2018, Kobach suffered a mortifying defeat at the hands of a federal judge who overturned a Kansas law he championed that required proof of citizenship to vote.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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