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mortify
[ mawr-tuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
, mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.
- 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.
verb (used without object)
, mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing.
- to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
- Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.
mortify
/ ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- 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
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Derived Forms
- ˈmortiˌfying, adjective
- ˈmortiˌfier, noun
- ˈmortiˌfyingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- mor·ti·fi·er noun
- mor·ti·fy·ing·ly adverb
- pre·mor·ti·fy verb (used with object) premortified premortifying
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mortify1
C14: via Old French from Church Latin mortificāre to put to death, from Latin mors death + facere to do
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Synonym Study
See ashamed.
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Example Sentences
Fallon: Christopher Meloni is perfectly cast as a father who lives to mortify his teenage kids.
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His low cunning invents numerous occasions to mortify and harass me.
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In one case, indeed, I think he went too far in this compliance, and the result was to mortify her not a little.
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She goes on to describe her subsequent attempts to mortify the flesh by means of fasting.
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He wished to mortify me, and please his favorite; but had no desire to dismiss me his service.
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Party writers assert that he was brought here in preference to any other spot, in order to mortify the citizens with the sight.
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