mortify

Meaning

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.

Opposite of

dignify, honor

Synonyms

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

Translations

demütigen

mortificar

umiliare

humilier

verootmoedigen

vernederen

humillar

mortificare

mortifier

kleinmaken

erniedrigen

kränken

abaisser

ταπεινώνω

abaixar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/

Etymology

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