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: to subdue or deaden (the body, bodily appetites, etc.) especially by abstinence or self-inflicted pain or discomfort. mortified his body for spiritual purification. 3. obsolete : to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of. intransitive verb. 1. : to practice mortification. 2. : to become necrotic or gangrenous.
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect. Synonyms: abase, humble. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. Synonyms: restrain, subdue. Pathology. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. (Definition of mortify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of mortify.
to cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed: He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother. (Definition of mortify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of mortify.
May 18, 2024 · adjective. having been offended or embarrassed. a demand from our mortified daughter never again to subject her friends to a freak show of such eye-watering crassness. If I reduced someone to tears, I'd be mortified. The rest of us are fairly mortified at jokes made at the bloke's expense. Collins English Dictionary.
/ˈmɔrtəˌfaɪd/ IPA guide. Other forms: mortifiedly. To be mortified is to be extremely embarrassed. If your pants fell down in class, you'd be mortified. In science, mortified describes body tissue that's severely decayed. But the most common meaning of this word has to do with hurt feelings, not rotting flesh.
5 days ago · verb transitive Word forms: ˈmortiˌfied or ˈmortiˌfying. 1. to punish (one's body) or control (one's physical desires and passions) by self-denial, fasting, etc., as a means of religious or ascetic discipline. 2. to cause to feel shame, humiliation, chagrin, etc.; injure the pride or self-respect of. 3.
