Synonyms for mortify

Grammar : Verb

Spell : mawr-tuh-fahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr təˌfaɪ

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Définition of mortify

Origin : late 14c., "to kill," from Old French mortefiier "destroy, overwhelm, punish," from Late Latin mortificare "cause death, kill, put to death," literally "make dead," from mortificus "producing death," from Latin mors (genitive mortis) "death" (see mortal (adj.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipline" first attested early 15c. Sense of "humiliate" first recorded 1690s (cf. mortification). Related: Mortified; mortifying.

verb embarrass

Example sentences :

The intention is, I tell you plainly, to mortify you into a sense of your duty.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

But your kings do not allow so small a thing to vex or mortify them.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Though I showed nothing of it, it served only to mortify me.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

To mortify her the more, she was landed at Traitors' Stairs.
Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe

But she passed the matter over in silence, not caring to mortify him.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels

I did not wish to mortify the old gentleman and spoil his shortlived joy.
Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann

On the contrary, he seemed to redouble his efforts to mortify his son.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

If ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Extract from : « True Words for Brave Men » by Charles Kingsley

Then you must mortify him with a patch; my wife shall supply you.
Extract from : « The Comedies of William Congreve » by William Congreve

We fast, we mortify ourselves—I have felt it all myself—to partake of divinity.
Extract from : « Serapis, Complete » by Georg Ebers

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