Difference between Mortified and Unhealthy

What is the difference between Mortified and Unhealthy?

Mortified as a verb is to discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. while Unhealthy as an adjective is characterized by, or conducive to poor health

Mortified

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

Example sentence: I'll never forget the time my mother showed up with her best friend and two daughters, and all four of us dressed up in matching clothes, shoes and hats to go pick up my brother from school. I thought it was a fun thing to do, but we stepped outside my brother's school and he was mortified!

Unhealthy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: characterized by, or conducive to poor healthsick or illtending to corruptcharacterized by disturbed mental health

Example sentence: Everyone is comparing lives on social media and wants the perfect body, perfect image, perfect outfit, perfect life - we're striving for this perfection, and it's so unhealthy because there's no such thing as perfection.

We hope you now know whether to use Mortified or Unhealthy in your sentence.

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