Humiliation vs. Mortification — What's the Difference?

Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. It is an emotion felt by a person whose social status, either by force or willingly, has just decreased.

A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride.

The act of humiliating; degradation.

Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation, especially when undertaken for religious reasons.

The state of being humiliated or disgraced; shame.

Death or decay of living tissue; gangrene.

A humiliating condition or circumstance.

The act of mortifying.

The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.

The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

(medicine) The death of part of the body.

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification.

A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.

The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission.

A bequest to a charitable institution.

State of disgrace or loss of self-respect

The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified

Strong feelings of embarrassment

Deep humiliation or shame, from a loss of pride; painful embarassment, usually arising from exposure of a mistake; chagrin; vexation.

An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect;

That which mortifies; the cause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation.

Depriving one of self-esteem

A gift to some charitable or religious institution; - nearly synonymous with mortmain.

Strong feelings of embarrassment

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

An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect;

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