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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•ti•fy /ˈmɔrtəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -fied, -fy•ing. - to humiliate (someone), as by an injury to self-respect:He was mortified when he forgot his speech.
mor•ti•fi•ca•tion /ˌmɔrtəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -mort-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mor•ti•fy (môr′tə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. - to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic discipline, or self-inflicted suffering.
- Pathologyto affect with gangrene or necrosis.
v.i. - to practice mortification or disciplinary austerities.
- Pathologyto undergo mortification;
become gangrened or necrosed.
- Late Latin mortificāre to put to death, equivalent. to Latin morti- (stem of mors) death + -ficāre -fy
- Middle French mortifier
- Middle English mortifien 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humble, abase.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged subdue, restrain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mortify /ˈmɔːtɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)- (transitive) to humiliate or cause to feel shame
- (transitive) to subdue and bring under control by self-denial, disciplinary exercises, etc
- (intransitive) to undergo tissue death or become gangrenous
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Church Latin mortificāre to put to death, from Latin mors death + facere to doˈmortiˌfier n ˈmortiˌfying adj |