What is another word for mortified ?

caught with egg on your face

not know where to put yourself

with egg on one's face

wishing the earth would swallow one up

deplorable

self-effacing

turning red

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“He saw himself as a dashing romantic figure and was mortified to find himself seen as a slapstick comedian.”

Adjective

Filled with shock

“He was mortified beyond expression by the idea that he had been duped.”

Adjective

Feeling a sense of disgust or repulsion

“I was absolutely mortified to think that someone so unfunny could be a professional comedian.”

Adjective

Overcome with deep or intense sorrow

traumatised^UK

traumatized^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

beside oneself with grief

gray^US

grey^UK

racked with suffering

unable to be consoled

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

snivelling^UK

sniveling^US

on the verge of tears

with tears in your eyes

at the end of your tether

humourless^UK

humorless^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

unfavorable^US

in sackcloth and ashes

ill-humored^US

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

meagre^UK

meager^US

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Adjective

Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence

meagre^UK

meager^US

economizing^US

economising^UK

teetotaling^US

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Adjective

like a cat on a hot tin roof

Showing distress or anxiety

traumatized^US

in a state of agitation

like a cat on hot bricks

traumatised^UK

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

like a fish out of water

having butterflies in the stomach

at the end of your tether

with your heart in your mouth

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

with one's stomach in knots

shaking in one's shoes

emotionally unbalanced

with your back to the wall

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

lacking social skills

having a funny feeling

emotionally disturbed

besotted

had their heads messed with

panicked

emotionally defeated

with one's back up against the wall

at the end of one's rope

caused to be at a stand

made to scratch their head

frightened out of your wits

scared out of your wits

driven to distraction

like a chicken with its head cut off

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Adjective

No longer alive

pushing up the daisies

under the sod

as dead as a doornail

dead as a doornail

having breathed one's last

lacking physical sensation

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Adjective

Forbidding or grim in appearance

somber^US

humorless^US

humourless^UK

sombre^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

ill-humored^US

matter of life and death

unfavorable^US

given to looking on the black side

lackluster^US

colorless^US

colourless^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

lacklustre^UK

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

looking on the black side

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Verb

To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

put someone off their stride

put someone off their stroke

setted someone back on their heels

balked^US

made someone scratch their head

fouled up

baulked^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

caused to be at a stand

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

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Verb

Past tense for to discipline (one's body, appetites etc) by suppressing desires

“Many of the Christian systems chastise the body and mortify it.”

Verb

made someone eat humble pie

Past tense for to disturb the composure of

got one's comeuppance

gotten one's comeuppance

put to shame

put someone off their stroke

distracted

put someone off their stride

setted someone back on their heels

made someone scratch their head

sent into a spin

caused to be at a stand

taken the wind out of your sails

took the wind out of your sails

threw into tizzy

thrown into tizzy

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“She mortified her family by leaving her husband.”

Verb

Past tense for to make (someone) feel annoyed or upset

put someone's nose out of joint

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

antagonized^US

criticized^US

criticised^UK

antagonised^UK

made somebody's hackles rise

rubbed up the wrong way

ruffled one's feathers

given the cold shoulder

gave a zinger

given a zinger

gave the cold shoulder

grope

gripen

got on your nerves

gotten on your nerves

given someone the hump

got a rise out of

gotten a rise out of

gave someone the hump

gotten to

gotten under your skin

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

gotten on one's nerves

got on one's nerves

got your dander up

driven round the bend

drove round the bend

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

given someone the pip

gave someone the pip

soured

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

rattled someone's cage

rubbed you up the wrong way

asked for it

poisoned

gotten up someone's nose

got up someone's nose

sticked in one's craw

whipped up

setted one's teeth on edge

tried the patience of

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

got your hackles up

gotten your hackles up

coloured^UK

caviled^US

cavilled^UK

made an enemy of somebody

become covered with condensation

worked into lather

made sick

pushed someon's buttons

made somebody's blood boil

colored^US

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

became covered with condensation

wore out

worn out

drove you to distraction

driven you to distraction

drove out of mind

drove you off your head

driven you round the twist

driven you out of your mind

drove you round the bend

drove you round the twist

driven you off your head

driven you round the bend

drove you out of your mind

driven out of mind

gave a bad time

given a bad time

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Verb

(of flesh) Past tense for to be affected by gangrene or necrosis

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

perished

disintegrated

moldered^US

molded^US

mouldered^UK

moulded^UK

discolored^US

discoloured^UK

broke up

broken up

stunk

shrivelled^UK

shriveled^US

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Verb

Past tense for to speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse

libelled^UK

libeled^US

defamed

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

treated disrespectfully

called names

hurt somebody's feelings

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

stepped on one's toes

put someone's nose out of joint

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

rubbed up the wrong way

pushed the buttons of

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

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Verb

put someone in their place

Past tense for to harm or lower the reputation or dignity of

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

minimised^UK

minimized^US

made someone eat crow

made someone eat humble pie

taken down a peg or two

took down a peg or two

bastardized^US

settled someone's hash

bastardised^UK

taken the wind out of your sails

played down

let wind out of sails

put in a bad light

put away

had the last laugh on

took the wind out of your sails

brutalized^US

dehumanized^US

dehumanised^UK

brutalised^UK

stigmatized^US

lowered the status of

scandalized^US

libeled^US

libelled^UK

stigmatised^UK

scandalised^UK

criticized^US

dragged through the mire

made someone feel ashamed

brought down a peg

dragged through the mud

forced to eat humble pie

criticised^UK

knocked the stuffing out of

dashed

brought into disrepute

showed in a bad light

pummelled^UK

blackened the name of

done a hatchet job on

pummeled^US

knocked off high horse

blackened someone's name

reduced the status of

brought into disfavour

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Verb

Past tense for to make emotionally sad or depressed