Mortify
/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:15 pts7 letters
Definition of Mortify
verb
- To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
"Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."
- (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
"I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again."
- To kill.
- To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
- To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
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SYNONYMS
maceratedemeanhumiliateshame
ANTONYMS
dignifyhonor