Overview of verb mortify

The verb mortify has 4 senses

• mortify -- (practice self-denial of one's body and appetites)


• mortify, subdue, crucify -- (hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh")


• humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")


• necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate -- (undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed")

Overview of adj mortifying

The adj mortifying has 2 senses

• embarrassing, mortifying -- (causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation; "the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"; "it was mortifying to know he had heard every word")


• demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")