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Definition of martyred adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

martyred

adjective

NAmE//ˈmɑrt̮ərd//

[usually before noun] (disapproving)

showing pain or suffering so that people will be kind and sympathetic toward you She wore a perpetually martyred expression.

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