mortify
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.
Origin of mortify
1synonym study For mortify
Other words for mortify
Other words from mortify
- mor·ti·fi·er, noun
- mor·ti·fy·ing·ly, adverb
- pre·mor·ti·fy, verb (used with object), pre·mor·ti·fied, pre·mor·ti·fy·ing.
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How to use mortify in a sentence
A first-time candidate, Hernandez is eager to breathe new life into the local party even if she was mortified by the public display when she first saw her photo on a campaign sign in town.
Republicans make gains in the Rio Grande Valley ahead of Texas primary | Arelis Hernández, Michael Scherer | February 28, 2022 | Washington PostFallon: Christopher Meloni is perfectly cast as a father who lives to mortify his teenage kids.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows | Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis low cunning invents numerous occasions to mortify and harass me.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanIn one case, indeed, I think he went too far in this compliance, and the result was to mortify her not a little.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob AbbottShe goes on to describe her subsequent attempts to mortify the flesh by means of fasting.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Moll
He wished to mortify me, and please his favorite; but had no desire to dismiss me his service.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauParty writers assert that he was brought here in preference to any other spot, in order to mortify the citizens with the sight.
British Dictionary definitions for mortify
/ (ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ) /
(tr) to humiliate or cause to feel shame
(tr) Christianity to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc
(intr) to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous
Origin of mortify
1Derived forms of mortify
- mortifier, noun
- mortifying, adjective
- mortifyingly, adverb
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