Defenition of the word mortify
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Defenition of the word mortify
- To destroy somebody's confidence or happiness; to humiliate.
- lower in esteem; hurt the pride of
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"
- undergo necrosis; of tissue
- undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed"
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- hold within limits and control; "subdue one''s appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
- practice self-denial of one''s body and appetites
- undergo necrosis
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
- hold within limits and control
- practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
Synonyms for the word mortify
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- abase
- chagrin
- confound
- crush
- degrade
- embarrass
- gangrene
- humble
- humiliate
- necrose
- put down
- shame
- sphacelate
- subdue
- take down
Similar words in the mortify
Hyponyms for the word mortify
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- crush
- degrade
- demean
- demolish
- disgrace
- mortify
- put down
- smash
- take down
Hypernyms for the word mortify
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- bruise
- check
- condition
- contain
- control
- cricify
- crucify
- curb
- discipline
- hold
- hold in
- hurt
- injure
- moderate
- mortify
- offend
- rot
- spite
- subdue
- train
- waste
- wound
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