mortify (redirected from Mortifications)

mor·ti·fy  (môrt-f)

v. mor·ti·fied, mor·ti·fy·ing, mor·ti·fies

v.tr.

1. To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate.

2. To discipline (one's body and physical appetites) by self-denial or self-inflicted privation.

v.intr.

1. To practice ascetic discipline or self-denial of the body and its appetites.

2. Pathology To undergo mortification; become gangrenous or necrosed.

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[Middle English mortifien, to deaden, subdue, from Old French mortifier, from Latin mortificre, to kill : mors, mort-, death; see mer- in Indo-European roots + -ficre, -fy.]

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mortify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. to make someone feel ashamed or embarrassed

2. Christianity to subdue one's emotions, the body, etc., by self-denial

3. (of flesh) to become gangrenous [Latin mors death + facere to do]

mortification n
mortifying adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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" discipline, condition, train, check - develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline their children"; "Is this dog trained?"
	2.	mortify - hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" crucify, subdue mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	3.	mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" demolish, smash, crush - humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her" demean, disgrace, degrade, take down, put down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
	4.	mortify - undergo necrosis; "the tissue around the wound necrosed" gangrene, necrose, sphacelate rot, waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

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mortify

verb 1. humiliate, disappoint, embarrass, shame, crush, annoy, humble, deflate, vex, affront, displease, chagrin, discomfit, abase, put someone to shame, abash

verb 2. discipline, control, deny, subdue, chasten, abase

Translations

mortify [ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ] vt → beschämen