Word of the Day: Mortified

[Ruthanne]

Definition of mortified​

: feeling or showing strong shame or embarrassment. Hermione and Ginny both clapped their hands over their mouths. Ron stopped craning his neck to catch a glimpse of Neville's parents and looked mortified.— J. K. Rowling The lanky bassist … takes huge, quick strides toward the door of the club, unable to suppress a mortified smile.

 

[Kaila]

At times, a person might feel mortified, later on,
when they think back on something they did in the past, even though they didn't realize at the time, that it was a mistake that they would wish they hadn't done.

 

[Pappy]

I was mortified when I came out of the shower and I was still undressed (naked) and my wife’s sisters had come for a visit and sat there and all eyes turned towards me. True story..

 

[Kaila]

@Pappy
You were probably unlikely to be able to notice if they looked mortified, as well, or not, right?

 

[Kaila]

Some people are seemingly mortified, when they look at photo's of themselves, taken many years ago,
after their hair styles and styles of clothing have changed rather dramatically!

 

[Buckeye]

Some people are seemingly mortified, when they look at photo's of themselves, taken many years ago,
after their hair styles and styles of clothing have changed rather dramatically!

My SO has a picture from the 60s where she and a sister are rockin' a beehive hairdo. She's normally about 5'2", but musta been close to 6' with all that hair.

Please don't tell her I posted this, she would be mortified!

 

[Ruthanne]

My SO has a picture from the 60s where she and a sister are rockin' a beehive hairdo. She's normally about 5'2", but musta been close to 6' with all that hair.

Please don't tell her I posted this, she would be mortified!

You're secrets kept.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I was mortified as a teen while taking a water skiing lesson and losing my bikini top. My mother assured me that nobody cared or was looking at me.

 

[Ruthanne]

I was mortified as a teen while taking a water skiing lesson and losing my bikini top. My mother assured me that nobody cared or was looking at me.

As a teen I would have been mortified too!

 

[SeaBreeze]

As a teen I would have been mortified too!

Yeah, my mother was good for giving reality checks though.

 

[RubyK]

I was mortified as a young teen when we were visiting out-of-town relatives and my Dad (who had been drinking) announced to everyone that I had just started wearing a bra!

 

[Kaila]

It could be initiated as a separate thread, and possibly would become one that might last for endless pages, and for many years, as some thread topics do, which might be titled:
Most Mortified Moments.