Mortify

Verb

1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   "Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body."

2. To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.

   "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."

3. To kill.
4. To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
5. To affect with vexation or chagrin.

   "He seemed to enjoy mortifying them with news of every fresh hell loosed in the capital."