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- pronunciation:
- mor
tih
faI
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
mortifies, mortifying, mortified |
| definition 1: |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation.
That her two tormenting brothers had discovered her secret mortified her.- synonyms:
- humiliate
- similar words:
- abash, affront, crush, disgrace, dishonor, embarrass, humble, put to shame, shame, wither
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| definition 2: |
to dominate (one's own body, desires, or the like) through self-imposed deprivations and other ordeals.
- similar words:
- deny, deprive, discipline
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| related words: |
burn, chagrin, demean, make a monkey out of, put down, wound |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become decayed or dead, as a body part; become gangrenous.
- synonyms:
- gangrene, putrefy
- similar words:
- canker, decay, decompose, rot
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| derivations: |
mortified (adj.), mortifying (adj.), mortifiedly (adv.), mortifyingly (adv.), mortifier (n.) |
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