mortify

(môr'tə-fī')

v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

v.tr.

1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.
2. To discipline (one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.

v.intr.

1. To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.
2. Pathology. To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.

[Middle English mortifien, to deaden, subdue, from Old French mortifier, from Latin mortificāre, to kill : mors, mort-, death + -ficāre, -fy.]

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verb

1. To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness: abase, degrade, demean², humble, humiliate. Idioms: bring low, take down a peg. See respect/contempt/standing, win/lose/recovery.
2. To cause (a person) to be self-consciously distressed: abash, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze. Idioms: put on the spot, throw for a loop. See pain/pleasure.

v

Definition: embarrass
Antonyms: be pleased, be proud, compliment, flatter, praise, satisfy

IN BRIEF: To humiliate. Also: To punish oneself to control desires or bodily needs.

I try not to mortify my child by asking questions at the student assembly.

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For a list of words related to mortify, see:

• Diagnostic Terminology - mortify: (vb) cause body tissue to decay
• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - mortify: (vb) subject to severe embarrassment and shame

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See words rhyming with "mortify."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ydmyge, spæge (sit kød)
v. intr. - blive angrebet af koldbrand

Nederlands (Dutch)
vernederen, beschamen, kastijden, zichzelf kastijden, afsterven, bang zijn

Français (French)
v. tr. - mortifier, (Relig) humilier
v. intr. - se mortifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - kränken, kasteien

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ταπεινώνω, εξευτελίζω, απονεκρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
mortificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mortificar, necrosar, perder vitalidade

Русский (Russian)
смирять, обижать, унижать, омертветь

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - mortificar, gangrenar
v. intr. - mortificarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förödmjuka, harma, späka, framkalla brand i, späka sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
克服, 使苦恼, 苦修, 禁欲, 腐坏

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 克服, 使苦惱, 苦修
v. intr. - 禁欲, 苦修, 腐壞

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 화나게 하다, 억누르다
v. intr. - 고생하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悔しがらせる, 抑制する, 克服する, 壊死にかかる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يميت, يقتل, يهلك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮השפיל, בייש, העליב, סיגף, עינה‬
v. intr. - ‮הרקיב, נפגע ע"י מק או נמק‬

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