mortify
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
- (transitive, usually) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
- (obsolete, transitive) To kill.
- (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
- (transitive) To affect with vexation or chagrin.
- (transitive) To scare.
- (obsolete, transitive) To humble; to depress.
- (historical, transitive) To grant in mortmain.
- (intransitive) To lose vitality.
- (archaic, transitive) To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
- (archaic, intransitive) To gangrene.
- (intransitive) To be subdued.
Concepten
verootmoedigen
kleinmaken
degraderen
doodmaken
een streep trekken
in discrediet brengen
laten zakken
neerdrukken
neerlaten
neerslachtig maken
neervellen
opduikelen
Tegenovergesteld aan
dignify, honor
Synoniemen
Vertalingen
demütigen
mortificar
umiliare
humilier
ταπεινώνω
abaixar
mortificarUitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Anglo-Norman mortifier, Middle French mortifier, from Late Latin mortificō (“cause death”), from Latin mors (“death”) + -ficō (“-fy”).
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