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verb (used with object)
1.
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
2.
to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
3.
Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
verb (used without object)
4.
to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
5.
Pathology. to undergo mortification; become gangrened or necrosed.
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Mortified
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English mortifien < Middle French mortifier < Late Latin mortificāre to put to death, equivalent to Latin morti- (stem of mors) death + -ficāre -fy
1350–1400; Middle English mortifien < Middle French mortifier < Late Latin mortificāre to put to death, equivalent to Latin morti- (stem of mors) death + -ficāre -fy
Related forms
mor·ti·fied·ly, adverb
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.
un·mor·ti·fied, adjective
Synonyms
1. humble, abase. 2. subdue, restrain.
1. humble, abase. 2. subdue, restrain.
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Example Sentences
- One of them is mortified at first, but then turns into a heartless killer.
- The over-enthusiastic tagger was mortified and left people alone after that.
- Nevertheless she was mortified by this public reminder.
WordNet
| mortified | |
adjective | |
| 1. | suffering from tissue death [syn: gangrenous] |
| 2. | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister" [syn: embarrassed] |
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