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morto

morto adjective: very embarrassed or embarrassing.

Adjective

morto (comparative more morto, superlative most morto)

  1. (Ireland, slang) Very embarrassed or embarrassing.
    • I was, to use the vernacular, bleedin' morto. My shame notwithstanding, the whole day was a blast.2007 March 21, Kilian Doyle, "An iconic parade" The Irish Times (Dublin) Motoring p.3
    • Robbie’s had some pretty embarrassing moments over the years. What better time than now to take a stroll down memory lane? Here are his most morto moments.2013 February 21, Louise McSharry, “Robbie Williams’ most morto moments of all time”, in Daily Edge

Forms of morto

comparativemore morto
superlativemost morto

Origin of morto

Clipping of mortified + -o.

Questions about morto

What does morto mean?
Morto means very embarrassed or embarrassing.
What part of speech is morto?
Morto is an adjective.

Words near morto in the dictionary

  1. mortmain
  2. mortmainer
  3. mortmainers
  4. mortmains
  5. mortmal
  6. morto
  7. mortocracies
  8. mortocracy
  9. Morton
  10. Morton and Hanthorpe
  11. Morton code

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