mortify
verb (used with object)
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
mortifier
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a word derived from
mortify.
Example Sentences
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I want some seasonings of adversity, Some strokes of the old mortifier Calamity, To take these swellings down, divines call vanity. 1st Gent.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
Then 'tis another misfortune of people in love; they always think highly of the beloved object, and lowly of themselves, such a dismal mortifier is love!
From Pamela, Volume II by Samuel Richardson
