mortifying

Meaning of mortifying

verb
  1. To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
    Some people seek sainthood by mortifying the body.
  2. (usually used passively) To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity.
    I was so mortified I could have died right there; instead I fainted, but I swore I'd never let that happen to me again.
  3. To kill.
  4. To reduce the potency of; to nullify; to deaden, neutralize.
  5. To kill off (living tissue etc.); to make necrotic.
  6. To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress.
  7. To grant in mortmain.
  8. To lose vitality.
  9. To gangrene.
  10. To be subdued.
noun
  1. Mortification; abstinence
    mortifyings of the flesh

adjective

Causing mortification; extremely embarrassing.

Information about mortifying

  • The plural form of mortifying is: mortifyings.
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Hyphenation of mortifying

mor-ti-fy-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • mortifying is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

mortifying synonyms

Meaning embarrassing:

embarrassing

Meaning demeaning:

demeaning, humbling, humiliating

Meaning :

macerate, demean, humiliate, shame

mortifying antonyms

Meaning :

dignify, honor

Translation of mortifying

Words that rhyme with mortifying

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