MORTIFYING
\mˈɔːtɪfˌa͡ɪɪŋ], \mˈɔːtɪfˌaɪɪŋ], \m_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
By Princeton University
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causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Tending to mortify; affected by, or having symptoms of, mortification; as, a mortifying wound; mortifying flesh.
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Tending to humble or abase; humiliating; as, a mortifying repulse.
By Oddity Software
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.