mortified
MOR-tih-fyedadjMeaning deeply embarrassed or ashamed
Memory hook MORT = death: could DIE of shame. When Lin’s phone blares a quacking ringtone in the silent theater, she wishes the floor would swallow her; she is mortified.
Lin was mortified when her phone rang loudly in the middle of the school play.
In context Jamal had bragged all week about his cooking, so he was mortified when his guests politely pushed the salty stew aside and asked if anyone wanted to order pizza.
Similar humiliated, embarrassed, red-faced, shamefaced
Opposite proud, unembarrassed
From mortify, from Latin mortificare, “to put to death”: to be mortified is to feel you could die of embarrassment.