| VERB | emotion | mortify | practice self-denial of one's body and appetites |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | mortify, subdue, crucify | hold within limits and control | |
| emotion | mortify, humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase | cause to feel shame | |
| body | mortify, necrose, gangrene, sphacelate | undergo necrosis |
| Sounds | mao'rtihfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | discipline, train, check, condition | Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice |
| mortify, subdue, crucify | hold within limits and control | |
| Nouns | mortification | (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) |
| Meaning | hold within limits and control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "mortify the flesh" | |
| Synonyms | subdue, crucify | |
| Entails | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
| Narrower | mortify | Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of |
| Spanish | contener, dominar | |
| Nouns | mortification | (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself) |
| Meaning | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to mortify Sue | |
| Synonyms | humiliate, chagrin, humble, abase | |
| Narrower | crush, smash | humiliate or depress completely |
| take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | |
| Broader | hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite | hurt the feelings of |
| Spanish | apocar, degradar, despreciar, humillar, mortificar | |
| Catalan | apocar, humiliar, menysprear, mortificar | |
| Nouns | mortification | an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect |
| mortification | strong feelings of embarrassment | |
| Meaning | Undergo necrosis. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Synonyms | necrose, gangrene, sphacelate | |
| Broader | waste, rot | Become physically weaker |
| Spanish | gangrenarse | |
| Catalan | gangrena, necrosi | |
| Nouns | mortification | the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) |
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