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
spanish
mortifica
german
kränkt, demütigt
french
mortifie
italian
mortifica
portuguese
mortifica
dutch
pleegt roofbouw, pleegt roofbouw op
russian
умерщвляет, унижающий
greek
νεκρώνει, νεκρώνει τις
ukrainian
умертвляє, замордовує, убиває, побиває, вбиває
belarusian
сьмерціць, забівае
lithuanian
marina
latvian
savalda, apspiež
The meaning and "use of": mortifies
verb
- cause (someone) to feel embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
- subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline.
- (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis.