Mortifying

mor·ti·fy  (môrt-f)

v. mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fies

v.tr.

1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.

2. To discipline (one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.

v.intr.

1. To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.

2. Pathology To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.

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[Middle English mortifien, to deaden, subdue, from Old French mortifier, from Latin mortificre, to kill : mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots + -ficre, -fy.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	mortifying - 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" embarrassing unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	2.	mortifying - causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game" demeaning, humbling, humiliating undignified - lacking dignity