MORTIFY


Meaning of MORTIFY in English

v. 25B6; verb

I'd be mortified if my friends found out : EMBARRASS, humiliate, chagrin, discomfit, shame, abash, horrify, appal.

he was mortified at being excluded : HURT, wound, affront, offend, put out, pique, irk, annoy, vex; informal rile.

mortifying the flesh : SUBDUE, suppress, subjugate, control; discipline, chasten, punish.

the cut had mortified : BECOME GANGRENOUS, fester, putrefy, gangrene, rot, decay, decompose.

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