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mortifying

adjective

causing awareness of your shortcomings

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
M
Ends with
G
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. causing awareness of your shortcomings

    “golf is a humbling game”

adjective

  1. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation

    “the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles”

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Example Sentences

golf is a humbling game
the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
it was mortifying to know he had heard every word

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