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verb
- 1. cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed: "he was suitably mortified by his own idiocy" Similar Opposite
- 2. subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline: "they wish to return to heaven by mortifying the flesh" Similar Opposite
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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. mortify.
1. : to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame. was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own Jane Austen. 2. : 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.
To mortify someone is to cause them extreme embarrassment. Your mother may not have been trying to mortify you when she showed up at your senior prom with a bunch of unicorn balloons, but she did. The root of the verb mortify is from the Latin word mors, which means “death.”
Definition of mortify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. mortify.
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.
1. to humiliate or shame, as by an injury to pride or self-respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering. 3. to affect with gangrene or necrosis.
MORTIFY meaning: to cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed and foolish.
What does the verb mortify mean? There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb mortify, ten of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mortify has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
mortify definition: to feel very embarrassed or upset about something: . Learn more.
