mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
has mortified
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present perfectof mortify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has overthrown, he has mortified me, where I alone should have stood supreme and supereminent.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
I am afraid that little affair of yesterday has mortified her to death.
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
Hinder her not, thou man of little faith, For she has mortified herself.
From The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe
Disappointment has mortified me, and made me good-natured.—I will welcome adversity, if it enlarge my charity.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
