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Detailed Synonyms for mortify in English

mortify:

mortify

  1. mortify

to mortify verbe (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)

  1. to mortify
    – undergo necrosis 1
    gangrene; to mortify; necrose; sphacelate
    – undergo necrosis 1
  2. to mortify
    – cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of 1
    to humble; to humiliate; chagrin; to abase; to mortify
    – cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of 1
    • humble verbe (humbles, humbled, humbling)
    • humiliate verbe (humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)
      • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss1
    • chagrin verbe
    • abase verbe (abases, abased, abasing)
    • mortify verbe (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)
  3. to mortify
    – hold within limits and control 1
    to subdue; to crucify; to mortify
    – hold within limits and control 1
    • subdue verbe (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
      • subdue one's appetites1
    • crucify verbe (crucifies, crucified, crucifying)
    • mortify verbe (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)
      • mortify the flesh1
  4. to mortify
    – practice self-denial of one's body and appetites 1
    to mortify
    – practice self-denial of one's body and appetites 1
    • mortify verbe (mortifies, mortified, mortifying)

Conjugations for mortify:

present
  1. mortify
  2. mortify
  3. mortifies
  4. mortify
  5. mortify
  6. mortify
simple past
  1. mortified
  2. mortified
  3. mortified
  4. mortified
  5. mortified
  6. mortified
present perfect
  1. have mortified
  2. have mortified
  3. has mortified
  4. have mortified
  5. have mortified
  6. have mortified
past continuous
  1. was mortifying
  2. were mortifying
  3. was mortifying
  4. were mortifying
  5. were mortifying
  6. were mortifying
future
  1. shall mortify
  2. will mortify
  3. will mortify
  4. shall mortify
  5. will mortify
  6. will mortify
continuous present
  1. am mortifying
  2. are mortifying
  3. is mortifying
  4. are mortifying
  5. are mortifying
  6. are mortifying
subjunctive
  1. be mortified
  2. be mortified
  3. be mortified
  4. be mortified
  5. be mortified
  6. be mortified
diverse
  1. mortify!
  2. let's mortify!
  3. mortified
  4. mortifying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "mortify":

  1. undergo necrosis1
  2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of1
  3. hold within limits and control1
    • mortify the flesh1
  4. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites1