What is another word for mortified ?

with one's tail between one's legs

made to eat humble pie

in sackcloth and ashes

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

brought into disrepute

caught with egg on your face

shown-up

ill at ease

not know where to put yourself

with egg on one's face

wishing the earth would swallow one up

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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

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

unfavorable^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

meagre^UK

meager^US

in sackcloth and ashes

ill-humored^US

defenseless^US

defenceless^UK

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

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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

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Adjective

like a cat on a hot tin roof

Showing distress or anxiety

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

in a state of agitation

like a cat on hot bricks

sombre^UK

somber^US

having butterflies in the stomach

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

like a fish out of water

with your heart in your mouth

with your back to the wall

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

racked with suffering

worn out

down in dumps

sick at heart

with one's stomach in knots

shaking in one's shoes

gray^US

at the end of your tether

grey^UK

mixed up

at the end of one's rope

with one's back up against the wall

emotionally unbalanced

had their heads messed with

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

having a funny feeling

lacking social skills

lacking self-confidence

caused to be at a stand

made to scratch their head

graveled^US

gravelled^UK

emotionally disturbed

scared out of your wits

panic-stricken

in a fluster

horror-stricken

frightened out of your wits

driven to distraction

between a rock and a hard place

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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

matter of life and death

of consequence

big deal

far-reaching

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Verb

To have thrown into a state of distress marked by confusion

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

put someone off their stride

ruffled

bothered

discombobulated

setted someone back on their heels

made someone scratch their head

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

upset the applecart

caused to be at a stand

balked^US

baulked^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

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

put someone's nose out of joint

Past tense for to cause unease in one's mental state

hurt somebody's feelings

scandalized^US

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

antagonized^US

scandalised^UK

made somebody's hackles rise

antagonised^UK

rubbed up the wrong way

criticised^UK

criticized^US

pushed the buttons of

ruffled one's feathers

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

gave the cold shoulder

given the cold shoulder

ate up

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 under your skin

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

driven to distraction

given someone the pip

gave someone the pip

gotten on one's nerves

got on one's nerves

jarred on

driven round the bend

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

setted one's teeth on edge

rubbed you up the wrong way

gotten up someone's nose

got up someone's nose

sticked in one's craw

rattled someone's cage

bitten

put someone off their stroke

gotten your hackles up

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

tried the patience of

victimized^US

breathed down someone's neck

terrorized^US

made an enemy of somebody

victimised^UK

terrorised^UK

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

made it hot for someone

disenchanted

messed with

made things hot for someone

pushed someon's buttons

made somebody's blood boil

relucted

filled with loathing

singled out

caused someone to lose their composure

got the knife into

caused aversion

palled

caused to feel nauseous

offended morals of

gnawed away at

made someone want to throw up

sticked the knife into

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

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

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Verb

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

spoilt^UK

spoiled^US

mouldered^UK

moldered^US

molded^US

moulded^UK

shrivelled^UK

shriveled^US

discolored^US

discoloured^UK

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Verb

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

libelled^UK

libeled^US

defamed

treated disrespectfully

called names

hurt somebody's feelings

cast aspersions on

cut to the quick

stepped on one's toes

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

victimized^US

antagonized^US

belabored^US

minimized^US

belaboured^UK

minimised^UK

victimised^UK

antagonised^UK

stepped on the toes of

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Verb

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

put someone in their place

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

settled someone's hash

bastardized^US

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

fixed someone's wagon

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

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Verb

Past tense for to traumatize or cause distress to

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

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Past tense for to make emotionally sad or depressed

brought tears to your eyes

gave someone the blues

given someone the blues

kept under

knocked for six

knocked the stuffing out of

made desolate

hung over

harshed someone's mellow

broke someone's heart

broken someone's heart

Verb

gave someone the brush-off

Past tense for to rebuff, ignore, or spurn (someone) disdainfully

treated disrespectfully

ostracised^UK

ostracized^US

given someone the brush-off

gave the cold shoulder

given the cold shoulder

gave someone the go-by

given someone the go-by

gave someone a slap in the face

given someone a slap in the face

put the chill on

not given time of day

kept at arm's length

looked through

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