Associations to the word «Mortify»
Noun
- Sake
- Shaman
- Sovereign
- Discovery
- Disposition
- Self
- Altogether
- Wit
- Desire
- Looking
- Necessity
- Gentleman
- Pleasure
- Endurance
- Contrary
- Sigh
- Believer
- Excuse
- Satisfaction
- Stomach
- Mistress
- Sting
- Favour
- Bride
- Xavier
- Misery
- Limb
- Find
- Attachment
- Creature
- Conversation
- But
- Consideration
- Duchess
- Prayer
- Conscience
- Heart
- Blows
- Madame
- Nobleman
- Companion
- Cousin
- Regret
- Wisdom
- Occasion
- Wish
- Evil
- Admission
- Recollection
- Lady
- Mankind
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To kill. [14th–17th c.]
MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize. [14th–18th c.]
MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic. [15th–18th c.]
MORTIFY, verb. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. [from 15th c.]
MORTIFY, verb. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. [from 17th c.]
MORTIFY, verb. (obsolete) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
MORTIFY, verb. (Scotland) (legal) (historical) To grant in mortmain
Dictionary definition
MORTIFY, verb. Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites.
MORTIFY, verb. Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh".
MORTIFY, verb. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss".
MORTIFY, verb. Undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed".
Wise words
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