mortifier
/ˈmɔːrtɪfaɪər/
noun
- Something or someone that causes extreme embarrassment or humiliation.
- Her mother's loud cheering at the concert was a total mortifier.
- Forgetting his lines on stage was the ultimate mortifier for the young actor.
- The public speaking competition was a mortifier for the nervous boy.
- A tool or practice used to discipline the body or desires, especially for religious reasons.
- Fasting served as a mortifier to help him focus on spiritual matters.
- The rough hair shirt was used as a mortifier by the ascetic hermit.
- The monk considered cold baths an effective mortifier for taming his pride.