1. (

• chagrin ,
• humiliation ,
• mortification

) strong feelings of embarrassment ;

2. (

• necrosis ,
• mortification ,
• gangrene ,
• sphacelus

) the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) ;

3. (

• humiliation ,
• mortification

) an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" ;

4. (

• mortification

) (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) ;