mortifying

Meaning

mortify

  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.

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Synonyms

humiliating
C1
embarrassing
B2
insulting
C1
demeaning
26k
humbling
33k
inglorious
mortified
21k
offensive
C1
regrettable
20k
shamed
C2
shameful
C1
smarting
sticky
C1
ashamed
B1
vexing
43k
disgraceful
C2
dishonorable
27k
embarrassed
B2
hangdog
Translations

umiliante
humiliant
mortifiant
kränkend
demütigend
contrariant
embarrassant
gênant
regrettable
vexant
mortificante
vernederend
degradante
humillante

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