/
ˈmɔːtɪfʌɪ/
v.
(mortifies, mortifying, mortified)
- cause to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.
- subdue (physical urges) by self-denial or discipline.
- (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis.
Derivative
- mortification n.
- mortifying adj.
- mortifyingly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. mortifier, from eccles. L. mortificare ‘kill, subdue’, from L. mors, mort- ‘death’.