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What (who) is Mortify - definition
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Mortification (disambiguation); Mortify
mortify
(mortifies, mortifying, mortified)
If you say that something mortifies you, you mean that it offends or embarrasses you a great deal.
Jane mortified her family by leaving her husband.
VERB: no cont, V n
Mortify
·vi To be subdued; to decay, as appetites, desires, ·etc.
II. Mortify ·vt To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.
III. Mortify ·vt To destroy the active powers or essential qualities of; to change by chemical action.
IV. Mortify ·vi To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.
V. Mortify ·vi To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to Gangrene.
mortify
I. v. a.
1.
Gangrene.
2.
Disappoint, dissatisfy, displease, vex, harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble, humble, depress.
3.
Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down, restrain, subdue.
II. v. n.
Gangrene, lose vitality, corrupt, putrefy, fester.
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Mortification
Mortification can refer to:
- Mortification (theology), theological doctrine
- Mortification of the flesh, religious practice of corporal mortification
- Mortification of self, personality disruption experienced by individuals in a total institution or settings with similar characteristics
- Mortification in Roman Catholic teaching, Roman Catholic doctrine of mortification
- Mortification (band), a Christian extreme metal band
- Extreme embarrassment
- Mortification (album)
