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mortifymortify /ˈmɔrt̮əˌfaɪ/ verb (, mortified, mortifying) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYmortifyOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French mortifier, from Latin mors; ➔ MORTAL1 VERB TABLEmortify |
Present | I, you, we, they | mortify | | he, she, it | mortifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mortified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mortified | | he, she, it | has mortified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mortified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mortify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mortified |
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Present | I | am mortifying | | he, she, it | is mortifying | | you, we, they | are mortifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was mortifying | | you, we, they | were mortifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mortifying | | he, she, it | has been mortifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mortifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mortifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mortifying |
1to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed: As a teenager, I was mortified by my parents.2mortify the flesh (also mortify yourself) literary to try to control your natural physical desires and needs by making your body suffer pain—mortification /ˌmɔrt̮əfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |