Mortify
11mortify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English mortifien, from Anglo French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificare, from Latin mort , mors Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. obsolete to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of 2. to… …
12mortify — mortifiedly, adv. mortifier, n. mortifyingly, adv. /mawr teuh fuy /, v., mortified, mortifying. v.t. 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… …
13mortify — verb /ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ/ a) To discipline (ones body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. Servius the Grammarian being troubled with the gowt, found no better meanes to be rid of it, than to apply poison to mortifie his… …
14mortify — mor·ti·fy mȯrt ə .fī vi, fied; fy·ing to become necrotic or gangrenous …
15mortify — Synonyms and related words: abash, break up, bring down, canker, cast down, castigate, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, control, corrupt, crumble, crumble into dust, crush, decay, decompose, deflate, degrade, discipline, discomfit, discompose …
16mortify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humiliate, embarrass, chagrin; decay. See humility, deterioration, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shame, embarrass, discipline, belittle; see disgrace , humiliate , ridicule . III (Roget s 3… …
17mortify — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)tɪfaɪ[/t]] mortifies, mortifying, mortified VERB: no cont If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal. [V n] Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband. Syn: horrify …
18mortify — mor·ti·fy || mÉ”rtɪfaɪ / mÉ”Ë v. shame, humiliate; get gangrene; suppress fleshly desires for spiritual discipline …
19mortify — [ mɔ:tɪfʌɪ] verb (mortifies, mortifying, mortified) 1》 cause to feel very embarrassed or ashamed. 2》 subdue (physical urges) by self denial or discipline. 3》 (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. Derivatives mortification noun… …
20mortify — I. v. a. 1. Gangrene. 2. Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble, humble, depress. 3. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down, restrain, subdue. II. v. n. Gangrene, lose… …
