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Mortify

verb
/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
"Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."
2.verb(usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
"I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again."
3.verbTo kill.
4.verbTo reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
5.verbTo kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
6.verbTo affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
7.verbTo grant in mortmain.
8.verbTo lose vitality.
9.verbTo gangrene.
10.verbTo be subdued.

Synonyms

maceratedemeanhumiliateshamehumbleabasesubduechagrinsphacelategangrenenecroseappal

Antonyms

dignifyhonor

Rhymes With

wryexemplifyrectifyhighlieapplyfortifyawry
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