--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 44 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 44 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (literary, poetry) Morning.[↗](../../morn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (dialect, Scotland) Tomorrow: the morn.[↗](../../morn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The birds sang at early morn.[↗](../../morn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · On Christmas morn, the children woke at dawn.[↗](../../morn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «From morn till night,» sang the farmer.[↗](../../morn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «See you the morn!» said my Scottish gran.[↗](../../morn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem describes a cold winter morn.[↗](../../morn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · They set off at morn and walked all day.[↗](../../morn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There we can enjoy ourselves and be happy from morn till night.’”[↗](../../morn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **morning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The morning is the early part of the day, from when the sun rises until midday (noon).[↗](../../morning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The morning is also the time from midnight to noon, as in «2 o'clock in the morning».[↗](../../morning/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Good morning» is a greeting.[↗](../../morning/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She picked 25 apples in the morning.[↗](../../morning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the morning, 30 campers went rowing.[↗](../../morning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more in the morning than in the afternoon?[↗](../../morning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He got 6 emails in the morning.[↗](../../morning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Good morning, class\![↗](../../morning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I brush my teeth every morning.[↗](../../morning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · School starts at 8:30 in the morning.[↗](../../morning/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The birds sing early in the morning.[↗](../../morning/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We had morning tea at 10:30.[↗](../../morning/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She woke up at 3 in the morning because of the storm.[↗](../../morning/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · "Good morning, Little Red-Cap," he said.[↗](../../morning/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they brought yet unto him freewill-offerings every morning.[↗](../../morning/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.36.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, one day.[↗](../../morning/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.[↗](../../morning/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.[↗](../../morning/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · At eventide behold terror; and before the morning they are not.[↗](../../morning/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.17.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning\![↗](../../morning/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.14.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morning/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **moro** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages.[↗](../../moro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Moro.[↗](../../moro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines.[↗](../../moro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Moro: a chocolate bar sold in New Zealand and Australia.[↗](../../moro/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (medicine) The Moro reflex: a startle movement a newborn baby makes, throwing out its arms when it feels it is falling.[↗](../../moro/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nurse showed us the baby's Moro reflex.[↗](../../moro/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When the baby got a fright, she threw her arms out — that's the Moro reflex.[↗](../../moro/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I bought a Moro bar at the dairy.[↗](../../moro/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr Moro is our new music teacher.[↗](../../moro/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moro people live on islands in the southern Philippines.[↗](../../moro/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Newborns lose the Moro reflex after a few months.[↗](../../moro/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **moroccan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* From or to do with Morocco, a country in north-west Africa.[↗](../../moroccan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A person from Morocco.[↗](../../moroccan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We cooked a Moroccan tagine with chickpeas and apricots.[↗](../../moroccan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new neighbours are Moroccan.[↗](../../moroccan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Moroccan mint tea is poured from high up into small glasses.[↗](../../moroccan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The market sold colourful Moroccan lamps.[↗](../../moroccan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Moroccans speak Arabic, Berber languages and French.[↗](../../moroccan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Moroccan team played brilliantly in the World Cup.[↗](../../moroccan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The capital of Morocco is Rabat, but the biggest city is Casablanca.[↗](../../moroccan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **morocco** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Morocco is a country in north-west Africa, across the sea from Spain (a name).[↗](../../morocco/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Morocco (small m) is a fine soft leather made from goatskin, used for book covers.[↗](../../morocco/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Morocco is in North Africa.[↗](../../morocco/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drank mint tea in Morocco.[↗](../../morocco/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Atlas Mountains are in Morocco.[↗](../../morocco/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old book was bound in red morocco.[↗](../../morocco/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Morocco's capital is Rabat, not Casablanca.[↗](../../morocco/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Morocco reached the World Cup semi-finals.[↗](../../morocco/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And from the General's apartment there arrived a hymn-book bound in morocco, sent by the little lady to whom George had given pictures.[↗](../../morocco/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **morrow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned, literary) The next day; tomorrow.[↗](../../morrow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) The morning, as in the greeting "Good morrow!", meaning "Good morning".[↗](../../morrow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literary) The time just after an event, as in "on the morrow of the war".[↗](../../morrow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* The day after the present day.[↗](../../morrow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "We shall leave on the morrow," said the knight.[↗](../../morrow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Good morrow, sir!" called the innkeeper.[↗](../../morrow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king promised an answer on the morrow.[↗](../../morrow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the travellers rested and set off on the morrow.[↗](../../morrow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Take no thought for the morrow," the Bible verse says.[↗](../../morrow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Who knows what the morrow will bring?[↗](../../morrow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The wizard said the spell would end on the morrow.[↗](../../morrow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border; (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'[↗](../../morrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Moses said unto Korah: 'Be thou and all thy congregation before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow; (Torah NUM.16.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.[↗](../../morrow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'[↗](../../morrow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks.[↗](../../morrow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.20.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morrow/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;[↗](../../morrow/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.10.4, JPS 1917) · To-morrow evening you will die yourself!"[↗](../../morrow/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · And I will put a division between My people and thy people — by to-morrow shall this sign be.'[↗](../../morrow/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.8.23, JPS 1917) **morse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Morse code is a way of sending messages using short and long signals, dots and dashes, for each letter.[↗](../../morse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Morse is also a family name, from the inventor Samuel Morse, who helped make the telegraph and the code.[↗](../../morse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ships used Morse code to call for help.[↗](../../morse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · SOS in Morse code is dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot.[↗](../../morse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tapped messages in Morse code on the desk.[↗](../../morse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The scouts learned Morse code with torches.[↗](../../morse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Samuel Morse helped invent the telegraph.[↗](../../morse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you spell your name in Morse?[↗](../../morse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A dash lasts longer than a dot.[↗](../../morse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **morsel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small piece or bite of food.[↗](../../morsel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A small amount of anything: «not a morsel of sense».[↗](../../morsel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bird pecked up every morsel of bread.[↗](../../morsel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hungry boy had not eaten a morsel all day.[↗](../../morsel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat offered Mole a tasty morsel from the picnic.[↗](../../morsel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog waited for a morsel to fall from the table.[↗](../../morsel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was not a morsel left on the plate.[↗](../../morsel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She did not have a morsel of fear.[↗](../../morsel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Have you a morsel of bread?’[↗](../../morsel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on; forasmuch as ye are come to your servant.'[↗](../../morsel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") And they said: 'So do, as thou hast said.'[↗](../../morsel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morsel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof — (Writings JOB.31.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morsel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.[↗](../../morsel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morsel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.[↗](../../morsel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../morsel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **mortal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adjective) Certain to die one day; not living forever.[↗](../../mortal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Causing death (a mortal wound).[↗](../../mortal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A human being, especially in stories about gods.[↗](../../mortal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective) Very great or extreme (mortal danger, mortal fear).[↗](../../mortal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Irish slang) Very drunk.[↗](../../mortal/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* All living things are mortal.[↗](../../mortal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Greek myths, gods live forever but mortals do not.[↗](../../mortal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight received a mortal wound.[↗](../../mortal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two kings were mortal enemies.[↗](../../mortal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The climbers were in mortal danger.[↗](../../mortal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Only gods could lift the hammer, not mere mortals.[↗](../../mortal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was mortal last night after the party (Irish slang).[↗](../../mortal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You know that Saouy is my mortal enemy.[↗](../../mortal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The angel which the cipher n symbolizes, is apparently Satan \]r:z', who appears before God to prosecute all mortal beings as he prosecuted (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../mortal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Shall mortal man be just before God?[↗](../../mortal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **mortality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mortality is the fact that every living thing will one day die.[↗](../../mortality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Mortality is also the number of deaths in a group or a place over a time, often called the mortality rate.[↗](../../mortality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Infant mortality was very high in Victorian times.[↗](../../mortality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Vaccines lowered the mortality rate from measles.[↗](../../mortality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Seeing the old tree fall made Grandpa think about his own mortality.[↗](../../mortality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mortality among the young birds was high in the cold spring.[↗](../../mortality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors study mortality to find which illnesses are most dangerous.[↗](../../mortality/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe that Jesus' resurrection gives hope beyond mortality.[↗](../../mortality/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mortally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mortally means so badly that death is sure to follow: «mortally wounded».[↗](../../mortally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) «Mortally afraid» means extremely frightened.[↗](../../mortally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mortally wounded with several thrusts, he sank down.[↗](../../mortally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boatmen took a sure aim and mortally wounded her.[↗](../../mortally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor old woman was mortally afraid.[↗](../../mortally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../mortally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.[↗](../../mortally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities; (Torah DEU.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mortar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mortar is a mixture of sand, cement or lime and water used to stick bricks or stones together.[↗](../../mortar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mortar is a strong bowl in which you crush things with a pestle.[↗](../../mortar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A mortar is also a short gun that fires shells high into the air, used in war.[↗](../../mortar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A mortarboard is a flat square hat worn at graduations.[↗](../../mortar/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The builder spread mortar between the bricks.[↗](../../mortar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grind the spices with a mortar and pestle.[↗](../../mortar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mortar holds the old wall together.[↗](../../mortar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The news reported mortar fire in the city.[↗](../../mortar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mortar dried hard overnight.[↗](../../mortar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Graduates threw their mortarboards in the air.[↗](../../mortar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the trunk he made a mortar.[↗](../../mortar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.[↗](../../mortar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.42, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said one to another: 'Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly.'[↗](../../mortar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.[↗](../../mortar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place.[↗](../../mortar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.14.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among groats, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.[↗](../../mortar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.27.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw thee water for the siege, strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar, lay hold of the brickmould.[↗](../../mortar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.3.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Take great stones in thy hand, and hide them in the mortar in the framework, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (Prophets JER.43.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortar/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **mortgage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (money) A mortgage is a big loan from a bank to buy a house or flat; you pay it back with interest, a bit every month, over many years.[↗](../../mortgage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (money) To mortgage a house is to use it as a promise for a loan: if you cannot pay, the bank can take the house.[↗](../../mortgage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum and Dad took out a mortgage to buy our house.[↗](../../mortgage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most of Dad's pay goes on the mortgage.[↗](../../mortgage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · When the mortgage is paid off, the house will be all ours.[↗](../../mortgage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank checks your payslips before giving you a mortgage.[↗](../../mortgage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If a family can't pay the mortgage, they might lose the house.[↗](../../mortgage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A mortgage of 200 thousand pounds paid at 1,000 a month takes a long time.[↗](../../mortgage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Renting is different from having a mortgage.[↗](../../mortgage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now my horses and lands are all mortgaged, it is indeed high time; but gold will come at last--at Easter.'[↗](../../mortgage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'[↗](../../mortgage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mortgage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mortification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mortification is a deep feeling of shame or humiliation, often mixed with anger, when someone has been shamed or let down.[↗](../../mortification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When the wicked woman heard these words, she was beside herself with rage and mortification.[↗](../../mortification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His mortification was plain when everyone laughed at his mistake.[↗](../../mortification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She hid her mortification behind a smile.[↗](../../mortification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mortified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mortified means extremely embarrassed or ashamed.[↗](../../mortified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To mortify someone is to make them feel very embarrassed.[↗](../../mortified/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church, old) To mortify the body was to make it suffer on purpose as a religious practice, for example by fasting.[↗](../../mortified/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was mortified when my trousers split in assembly.[↗](../../mortified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum was mortified that she had forgotten my birthday party.[↗](../../mortified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt mortified after calling the teacher «Mum».[↗](../../mortified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was mortifying to trip up the stairs in front of everyone.[↗](../../mortified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She was absolutely mortified when her phone rang during the play.[↗](../../mortified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister was mortified by Dad's dancing.[↗](../../mortified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio, mortified at being taken for a crab, said 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