Associations to the word «Mortification»
Noun
- Refrain
- Mademoiselle
- Quixote
- Ego
- Delight
- Torture
- Vow
- Deed
- Anguish
- Ritual
- Satisfaction
- Soul
- Wound
- Southeast
- Spirit
- Misfortune
- Patience
- Homosexuality
- Believer
- Carlisle
- Pity
- Fast
- Sovereign
- Marquis
- Madame
- Charity
- Mystic
- Resolve
- Purity
- Sink
- Render
- Desire
- Yoga
- Trance
- Practice
- Degradation
- Initiation
- Dignity
- Acquaintance
- Spite
- Kitty
- Superiority
- Affection
- Consciousness
- Sinner
- Necessity
- Hatred
- Nay
- Horde
- Guise
- Burst
- Neglect
- Intercourse
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
MORTIFICATION, noun. The act of mortifying.
MORTIFICATION, noun. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
MORTIFICATION, noun. (medicine) The death of part of the body.
Dictionary definition
MORTIFICATION, noun. Strong feelings of embarrassment.
MORTIFICATION, noun. The localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply).
MORTIFICATION, noun. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another".
MORTIFICATION, noun. (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself).
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.