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mortificated

mortificated adjective: mortified (acutely embarrassed). Also the simple past and past participle of mortificate.

Adjective

mortificated (comparative more mortificated, superlative most mortificated)

  1. (Scotland, especially, informal, nonstandard, rare) Mortified (acutely embarrassed).
    • Mebbe ye think it’s funny, b’t I don’t. I wor thot mortificated I know I wor black in me face wid blushin’.1903, Charles Townsend, “Mahoney’s Day Off”, in The Mahoney Million, New York, N.Y.: New Amsterdam Book Company, →OCLC, page 55
    • I don’t remember such a stir in Oxton not since the Queen come and took tea unexpected with Mrs. Umphries in Oxton Street, and which they come and photygraphed^([sic]) for the papers. Only there was some mistake made by the young fellow as worked the machine, and instead of Mrs. Umphries being...1923, Compton Mackenzie, “Whose Sins”, in The Parson’s Progress, London; […]: Cassell and Company, →OCLC, pages 172–173
  2. (Scotland, especially, nonstandard, rare) Mortified (having undergone mortification).
    • The treatment of this terrific swelling variated generally in cutting or burning out the black mortificated spot and applying upon the wound a strong solution of carbolic acid or any other known disinfectant, accordingly to the wish of the physician or surgeon to whom the patient applied for help.1891 June, M. Levin, “Anthrax Maligna”, in J. J. Lawrence, editor, The Medical Brief, […], volume XIX, number 6, St. Louis, Mo.: Owens Printing Co., →OCLC, page 603, column 1
    • ‘Havven I caught id [death] already?’ panted Hosannah. ‘I’m dyin’ be degrees since I wus born, I’m only haf-alive and whole mortificated’.1987, John Broderick, “Part Two: June 1933”, in The Flood: A Novel, London: Marion Boyars Publishers, →ISBN, page 107

Also used as

mortificated is also the simple past and past participle of mortificate.

Examples of mortificated in a sentence

  • Umphries was in bed for a week afterwards, she was that mortificated.1923, Compton Mackenzie, “Whose Sins”, in The Parson’s Progress, London; […]: Cassell and Company, →OCLC, pages 172–173:
  • In fact I never seed a man more mortificated than Hodson.1926, Athol Forbes, “Nat Vincent—Smuggler”, in Ernest Rhys, C[atherine] A[my] Dawson-Scott, editors, 28 Humorous Stories Old and New […]...
  • I tell you, it’s a wonder I didn’t give Sam a good shove and walk right out of the church by myself, I was so mortificated.1934, Compton Mackenzie, “Now Fades”, in The Darkening Green, London: Robert Hale & Company, published 1973, →ISBN, page 318:
  • MORTIFICATED.... again due to DERELICTION...2010 September 4, mohit maheshwari, quoting a message, “Fwd: Politician's Drama”, in SIT CS 07-11 (Google Groups):

Forms of mortificated

comparativemore mortificated
superlativemost mortificated

Origin of mortificated

An alteration of mortified by back-formation from mortification.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about mortificated

What does mortificated mean?
Mortificated means mortified (acutely embarrassed).
How do you use mortificated in a sentence?
Umphries was in bed for a week afterwards, she was that mortificated.
What part of speech is mortificated?
Mortificated is an adjective.

Words near mortificated in the dictionary

  1. mortiers
  2. mortiferous
  3. mortiferously
  4. mortiferousness
  5. mortificate
  6. mortificated
  7. mortificates
  8. mortificating
  9. mortification
  10. mortification root
  11. mortifications

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