MORTIFY

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

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M(3) O(1) R(1) T(1) I(1) F(4) Y(4)

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Definition

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

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.