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Definition of mortify:
- To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
- To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, etc.
- To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble.
- To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
- To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
- To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene.
- To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
Synonyms:
conquer, reduce, crucify, bewilder, stamp down, suppress, bedevil, pillory, inhibit, subjugate, demean, surmount, confuse, overcome, dun, humiliate, chagrin, subdue, rag, respect, degrade, sphacelate, frustrate, abase, overawe, tame, cricify, repress, subordinate, savage, get over, chasten, discompose, gangrene, humble, pain, necrose, discountenance, curb, confound, dishearten, daunt, blast, discomfort, win, shame, quash, keep down, master, torment.
- disintegrate (part of speech: verb)
- shame (part of speech: verb)
- humble (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
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Near the window Mr. Hastings was standing, revolving in his own mind a double surprise which he knew would mortify Eugenia more than anything else.
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The journey through it is cheerless, melancholy, wearisome, and serveth to temper and mortify orer- joyousness of thought ...
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That superficial heat and moisture was impulsive emotion, glad to hear of heaven, and love, and privilege, but forgetful to mortify the flesh, and to be partaker with Christ in His death.