I have regretted it ever since: I bet if I had explained his poor performance he would have been first shocked, then mortified.
Other moments which leave us mortified include introducing someone to another person when you have forgotten their name (32 percent), meeting someone who used to be in a relationship with your partner (28 percent) and talking to someone you secretly find attractive (26 percent).
" "That is very true," replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
Mortified.
This guy is amazing,' I said, pointing at my husband, who looked completely mortified and slipped away to fiddle with the music.
If you eat with your left hand, expect your fellow diners to be mortified.
If you eat with your left hand, expect your fellow diners to be mortified.
Sometimes, in winter, when the snow lay white and glittering on the ground, a hare would come springing along, and jump right over the little tree; and then how mortified it would feel!
As for me, I was mortified.
But mortified and furious as the Sultan was, his feelings were nothing to those of Prince Firouz Schah, when he saw the object of his passionate devotion being borne rapidly away.
" "Madam," replied the vizir, "what you say is very just, but I cannot pardon Noureddin before I have mortified him as he deserves.
She is mortified that you never deign to look her way; she is tired of standing so long.
There was one stepping along, proud of his purse; another, of the key he carried behind him, though he had nothing to lock up; another took a pride in his moth-eaten coat; and another, in his mortified body.
Sometimes, in winter, when the snow lay white and glittering on the ground, a hare would come springing along, and jump right over the little tree; and then how mortified it would feel!
