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martyred /ˈmɑːtəd /adjective1(Of a person) having been martyred: a martyred saint...- Almost overnight the martyred Thomas became a saint.
- Another woman, dressed in white and with her hair pulled back in a chignon, says she weeps today ‘to beg forgiveness of this martyred child.’
- All the mothers emphasized that their martyred son was the better child: he was the best looking, the smartest, the most compassionate and loving of all the siblings.
1.1(Of an expression or manner) showing pretended or exaggerated suffering so as to obtain sympathy: he got into the car with a martyred air...- It was a snack shop; he turned to the lady at the counter with a martyred expression, amazed inside at how easy it was to lie.
- At this stage I'm going around with a martyred look on my face, indicating to everyone that I am abstaining from something, which goes against what I learned at school.
- I glanced over and almost leapt out of my skin to see Will being wheeled into the room in a blue hospital wheelchair, a look of martyred boredom on his face, mingled with a sneaky eagerness and a hint of shame.
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