mortify

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
2. (transitive, usually) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
5. (transitive) To affect with vexation or chagrin.
6. (transitive) To scare.
7. (obsolete, transitive) To humble; to depress.
8. (historical, transitive) To grant in mortmain.
9. (intransitive) To lose vitality.
10. (archaic, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
11. (archaic, intransitive) To gangrene.
12. (intransitive) To be subdued.

Concepts

humilier

mortifier

abaisser

dégrader

rabaisser

abattre

gangrène

avilir

Opposé de

dignify, honor

Synonymes

humiliate

abase

humble

shame

chagrin

degrade

deaden

crucify

demean

demolish

depress

sphacelate

disgrace

debase

pull down

subdue

injure

necrose

gangrene

insult

take down

drop

chop

assuage

defeat

decrease

castrate

decompose

draw

demoralize

calm

appease

afflict

downgrade

cut up

butcher

cut off

discredit

discourage

crush

bring down

dishearten

dispirit

down

ail

downsize

discipline

draw a line

diminish

dig up

Traductions

demütigen

umiliare

mortificar

verootmoedigen

vernederen

mortificare

humillar

kränken

kleinmaken

erniedrigen

degradar

ταπεινώνω

mortificar

abaixar

afbreken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Anglo-Norman mortifier, Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificō (“cause death”), from Latin mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”).