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| Main Entry: | mortification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation |
| Synonyms: | abasement, affront, bring down, chagrin, condescension, degradation, disgrace, dishonor, embarrassment, ignominy, put-down, resignation, shame, humbling, loss of face |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displeasure |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, balk, blow, discomfiture, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, frustration, humiliation, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation, crushing, discomposure, disgruntlement, fretfulness, ill-humor |
| Antonyms: | delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph |
| Main Entry: | decay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breaking down, collapse |
| Synonyms: | adulteration, atrophy, blight, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decadence, decline, decomposition, decrease, decrepitude, degeneracy, depreciation, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, dying, extinction, fading, failing, mortification, rot, rotting, ruin, rust, withering, caries, degeneration, gangrene, impairment, perishing, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, putridness, ruination, senescence, spoilage, spoilation, wasting, wasting away |
| Antonyms: | development, flourish, growth, improvement, strength, germination, ripening, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | degradation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depravity, shame |
| Synonyms: | abasement, debasement, decadence, decline, degeneracy, deterioration, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, evil, humiliation, ignominy, mortification, perversion, reduction, degeneration, demotion, derogation, downgrading |
| Antonyms: | admiration, approval, elevation, honor, promotion, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo*, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat*, hot water, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle*, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, uneasiness, awkward situation, discomposure, disconcertion, egg on face, impecuniosity, self-consciousness, unease |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, bereavement, care, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondency, discomfort, disquiet, distress, dole, dolor, gloom, grievance, harassment, heartache, heartbreak, lamenting, malaise, melancholy, misery, mortification, mourning, pain, purgatory, regret, remorse, rue, sadness, sorrow, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, vexation, woe, worry, wretchedness, bemoaning, bewailing, deploring, infelicity, lamentation, mournfulness, repining |
| Antonyms: | delight, ecstasy, exhilaration, happiness |
| Main Entry: | humiliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | abasement, affront, chagrin, comedown*, comeuppance, condescension, confusion, degradation, discomfiture, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, indignity, mortification, put-down, resignation, shame, submission, humbling, loss of face, mental pain, self-abasement, submissiveness, touché |
| Antonyms: | elevation, flattery, glorification, praise, success, triumph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humbleness, modesty |
| Synonyms: | abasement, bashfulness, diffidence, fawning, inferiority complex, meekness, mortification, obedience, passiveness, reserve, resignation, shyness, timidity, demureness, docility, lack of pride, lowliness, nonresistance, obsequiousness, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness |
| Antonyms: | arrogance, egoism, pride, self-importance, assertiveness, pretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | martyrdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering endured for sake of a cause |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agonizing, agony, anguish, crucifixion, devotion, distress, mortification, ordeal, pain, persecution, sacrifice, torment, torture, unselfishness, self-immolation, self-sacrifice |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | penalty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishment |
| Synonyms: | amends, cost, disadvantage, discipline, dues, fall, fine, forfeit, forfeiture, handicap, mortification, mulct, price, rap*, retribution, amercement, damages |
| Antonyms: | award, forgiveness, pardon, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reparation for wrong |
| Synonyms: | absolution, atonement, attrition, compensation, compunction, confession, contrition, forgiveness, hair shirt, mortification, penalty, penitence, punishment, remorse, repentance, retribution, rue, ruth, sorrow, suffering, expiation, purgation, remorsefulness, sackcloth and ashes, self-flagellation, shrift |
| Main Entry: | punishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty |
| Synonyms: | abuse, beating, comeuppance, correction, deprivation, discipline, forfeit, forfeiture, gallows, hard work, infliction, maltreatment, mortification, mulct, ostracism, pain, penance, proof, purgatory, reparation, retribution, rod, sanction, short shrift*, slave labor*, suffering, torture, trial, unhappiness, amercement, castigation, chastening, chastisement, confiscation, disciplinary action, just desserts, lumps, punitive measures, rough treatment, sequestration, victimization, what for |
| Antonyms: | encouragement, exoneration, praise, protection, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | blot, chagrin, compunction, confusion, contempt, contrition, degradation, derision, discredit, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, irritation, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, remorse, reproach, scandal, smear, stigma, stupefaction, treachery, abashment, bad conscience, discomposure, disesteem, ill repute, loss of face, pudency, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, skeleton in the cupboard |
| Antonyms: | honor, pride, respect |
| Main Entry: | temperance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-restraint; abstinence |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstemiousness, austerity, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, discretion, forbearance, frugality, golden mean*, happy medium*, measure, moderation, mortification, prohibition, prudence, restraint, sacrifice, self-control, self-denial, sobriety, stoicism, asceticism, astringency, eschewal, forgoing, moderateness, moderatism, reasonableness, refrainment, self-deprivation, self-discipline, soberness, teetotalism, uninebriation, unintoxication |
| Antonyms: | excess, intemperance, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of agitation; disturbance |
| Synonyms: | altercation, anarchy, annoyance, anxiety, bother, chagrin, change, confusion, contention, controversy, crisis, debate, disaffection, discontent, discord, disease, disquiet, dissatisfaction, dissension, distress, dither*, ennui, grief, insurrection, irritation, malaise, mortification, perturbation, protest, quarrel, rebellion, restlessness, sedition, sorrow, strife, tension, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, uproar, upset, vexation, worry, bickering, moodiness, perplexity, tizzy, unease |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace, rest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | egg on one's face |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation |
| Synonyms: | chagrin, embarrassment, mortification, shame, abashment, look foolish, red face, self-consciousness |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, blue funk, bummer, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, discouragement, distress, dole, dolor, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, trouble, unhappiness, worry, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, cheerlessness, disconsolation, dispiritedness, dolefulness, downheartedness, dreariness, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, the blues, vapors, woefulness |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, anguish, anxiety, bad news*, blues*, care, concern, cross, dejection, desolation, disappointment, discomfort, disquietude, dolor, embarrassment, grief, headache, heartache, heartbreak, irritation, malaise, misery, mortification, ordeal, pang, sadness, shame, sorrow, stew, suffering, throe, torment, torture, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, vexation, visitation, woe, worry, wretchedness, perplexity, unconsolability, worriment |
| Antonyms: | comfort, happiness, health, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental upset; displeasure |
| Synonyms: | adversity, blow, chagrin, defeat, despondency, discontent, discouragement, disillusion, dissatisfaction, distress, failure, frustration, letdown, mortification, regret, setback, adverse fate, bafflement, disenchantment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, lack of success, nonsuccess, the knocks, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | delight, encouragement, euphoria, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | ignominy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame |
| Synonyms: | disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, mortification |
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