It is a great mortification to the vanity of man, that his utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value.
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Mortification
//ˌmoɹtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "mortification" (111 found)
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17 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- гангрена noun (death of a body part)
- умъртвяване noun (death of a body part)
- унижение noun (a sensation of extreme shame)
Czech
4 entries- odumírání noun (death of a body part)
- ponížení noun (act of mortifying)
- ponížení noun (a sensation of extreme shame)
- zahanbení noun (act of mortifying)
Greek
4 entries- γάγγραινα noun (death of a body part)
- νέκρωση noun (death of a body part)
- προσβολή noun (a sensation of extreme shame)
- ταπείνωση noun (a sensation of extreme shame)
Japanese
2 entries- 壊死 noun (death of a body part)
- 屈辱 noun (a sensation of extreme shame)
Russian
1 entries- омертве́ние noun (death of a body part)
Tocharian B
1 entries- pälśalñe noun (act of mortifying)
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Anne's mortification was as evident as Gilbert's satisfaction.
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Near-synonym: humiliation
Source: wiktionary
Certainly a little mortification appears very becoming in a wife—don't you think it will do her good to let her Pine a little.
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