Слово "mortifying". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

The unhealthy nature of the site; the quantity and quality of the children’s food; the brackish, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupils’ wretched clothing and accommodations—all these things were discovered, and the discovery produced a result mortifying to Mr. Brocklehurst, but beneficial to the institution.

To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying.

It would be mortifying to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest.

That money is undoubtedly mine, and therefore it would be mortifying to make a false charge against myself, and finally, I repeat, the old man brought the ignominy of it upon himself, and you want to force me to beg his pardon for that ignominy – that’s hard.”