Word: mortifies

Synonyms: mortifies

embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, discomfit, shame, abash, horrify, appall, hurt, wound, affront, offend, put out, pique, irk, annoy, vex, rile, subdue, suppress, subjugate, control, discipline, chasten, punish, crucify, humble, abase, gangrene, sphacelate, necrose

Translations: mortifies

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spanish
Translations:
mortifica
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german
Translations:
kränkt, demütigt, kasteit
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french
Translations:
mortifie
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italian
Translations:
mortifica
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portuguese
Translations:
mortifica
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dutch
Translations:
pleegt roofbouw, pleegt roofbouw op
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russian
Translations:
умерщвляет, унижающий
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greek
Translations:
νεκρώνει, νεκρώνει τις
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ukrainian
Translations:
умертвляє, замордовує, убиває, побиває, вбиває
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belarusian
Translations:
сьмерціць, забівае
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lithuanian
Translations:
marina
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latvian
Translations:
savalda, apspiež

The meaning and "use of": mortifies

verb
  • cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated. - she was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror
  • subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline. - return to heaven by mortifying the flesh
  • (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis. - the cut in Henry's arm had mortified
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